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Wayward Bodies

Cara Losier Chanoine

The bird hit the windowpane
in a blur of brown,
mimicking in sound
the beat of a deep, heavy drum.
His neck was broken, I was sure—
shattered like the safety glass
of a car windshield.
Still, I scrambled off the couch,
and once outside
found the bird calmly seated on the grass,
flightless.

His eyes found mine, and in that moment,
I resolved to save him.
He allowed me to cup his body in my hand
without complaint,
and I carried him
along the perimeter of the yard,
soothing errant feathers.

Given time,
he began to once again balance,
round, brown body
on scaly grey legs,
all the while appraising me
with the ball bearings in his eye sockets.
Deciding I could be trusted,
he began to open his wings,
shaking free from the trauma of collision.

When I placed him on the lawn
again,
he tested the ground with a few hops
before the scamper-lift of flight.
Gaining altitude, he dipped low
so I could feel the wind of his efforts
before coming to rest on the highest branch
of a nearby tree.

I was left to the parameters
of my pre-rescue reality,
disoriented on the ground.

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