We Have Lost So Much - Mary Swanson

[Larry Robinson]

We Have Lost So Much

We have lost so much 
says my friend, Patty
as she carefully holds
a little bird stunned, fallen to 
the base of the sky scraper
it’s just collided.

We have lost so much
stunned, shaking our heads
our aching necks.

In the empty streets
even when we meet
Someone
our masks avoid speech
our eyes,
hard to say, collide
but that’s what it feels like
holding my head
Thinking of my friend
Carefully
letting the bird rest
under a nearby bit of bush.
A little quiet, maybe
it will find its way.
There’s a river nearby
all the empty buildings.

	- Mary Swanson

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