Owl Dialectic

Praising silence.

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Argue what you will
with the tail of an owl

insofar as it contributes
to silent flight

at the same time
poise for a view
of a vole in grass at dusk

it planes the air to a fulcrum.

Theo Best is a British poet based in Cologne, Germany. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia MA in Poetry.

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