not the
usual circus
from power lines roped
through a high afternoon
a hundred white ribbons
flutter in the blue
but close up, the ribbons
are cockatoos looping
up to and away from
the wires, swooping
in turn with precision
a silent trapeze
not a sound from the birds
no-one in the street
These cockatoos might be performing for those 'fairy-floss macaws' - many thanks Robbie Verdon and PS Cottier :-)
Have I seen this? You make me think I have! I want to say, 'Oh yes!' But maybe it's not a true memory, so much as the vivid evocation of your words.
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