The touch of wings

The lion, the ox

the man, the eagle:

four are left, four

from the beginning

or near the beginning.

Four unfurl their wings

until tops are touching,

bare sensations

at nerve endings sounding

with the peal of thunder,

the crackling of the current

of lightning. The sound of wings

touching becomes

deafening.

Photograph by Roland Ally via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.