reveals her graceful curves
sees further up the River Han
beyond gifts and adulation
wiser than a Christmas magician
when her wings spread wide to fly
head tucked into her heart
in aerodynamic need
folding at Godspeed
she understands not a word of human flattery
like the alkaline rusting of an old battery
taking off and swooping to the next touchstone
integral nature in her buoyant bones
bewitching in a common river
like Moses among the reeds
raised by sun-bleached Egyptian
this black-headed egret fulfills life’s mission
parts the waters to Sinai with her beak
spilling out Taiwanese dreams when she speaks
December 26, 2017
for Samantha
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