This Heavy Craft
P.K. Page
November 23, 1916 – January 14, 2010
The wax has melted
but the dream of flight
persists.
I, Icarus, though grounded
in my flesh
have one bright section in me
where a bird
night after starry night
while I'm asleep
unfolds its phantom wings
and practices.
© P.K. Page
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