The Evangelist
Quagmired in stagnant bogs,
Eons old
And motionless
The cattails stand
Where no wind blows
When—meadow born—
A redwing lights
On solitary reed,
Proclaiming joyously
The news!
“I HAVE BEEN FREEEEEEEEEED!”
© Margaret Longenecker Been
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