A Fallen Bat.(Poem)

From: Poetry | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Olsen, William | Copyright information 
 
A FALLEN BAT 
 
   Little fanfare, mute echo with a shrunken head, 
   Shrewlike glider Linneaus lumped with the humans, 
 
   I do not for our big world know where life ends 
   But you should be up there swarming the stars. 
 
   Leaf-nosed hand wing, unheard-music screamer, 
   Flexogram, wall-sticker, scooper of linear bees, 
 
   Black bud not even the noon light can blow out, 
   Wherever life ends it doesn't have to end tonight. 
 
   It only gets worse, cave dweller, pollen carr...

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