After the night's
drifts have strewn the shore with wrecks
with
re-appearing day as now so happy


THOU who hast slept all night
upon the storm,
After the night's
drifts have strewn
the shore with wrecks

if we stay out with them long enough
we'll usually hear other birds of the night

hunting by day for birds
They hunt at night, preying
to the Man-of-War-Bird

After the night's
drifts have strewn the shore with wrecks
The bird’s features
are an emblematic expression of the restless, seeking nature of our ...


Thou who hast slept all night
upon the storm,
After the night's
drifts have strewn the shore with wrecks, ...

... of the lonely ducks longing for each other
on a shivering still night. There is
a
struggle as the bird and the predator, the man and the tyrant ...

Claude le Monde (claudelemonde) is a writer in Long Beach, California.