The Permanent Robin

…for Carol Evans. Brilliant artist and passionate Air Hockey player. Thanks, Carol, for the dinner and the games.

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At the end of foot step stones

Floating in the sweet Sweet William

At the home of the famous artist

The permanent Robin rests,

Where brush and canvas kiss

Her tiny beating breast

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Perched on a moment

In the forever twilight

Gripped by the shadow

Of a deep and hungry forest,

The permanent Robin rests

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Foot step stones

Twist and trickle down

Along the fence,

Floating in Sweet William

Along the butter boards

In twilight rinsed in deeper tones

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Inside the emerald air

The stump, the memory lingers there,

Of the Robin perched

On the moment

Reflecting, singing everywhere

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At the home of the permanent Robin

The famous artist nests

At the end of the foot step stones;

Floating in the sweet Sweet William

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