a gorrión.

lovely sparrow,
long thin legs reaching
for vertebrae and
thick rimmed glasses that
magnify wonder in searching eyes
(shining through brunette feathers)
,speak in whispers
(exhaled breath with words)
rippling stillness in air; the
beating of wings in flight.

and standing pigeontoed
in the middle of this street,
feathers turned upward
to admire a greysilk sky,
a synapse
mid-composition
twists itself into a smile
bearing perfectly ivory
pearls_
a sparrow materializes
into the smoke from a
hopeful cigarette and
floats gracefully away.