Philip Whalen

THE ROAD RUNNER

For L.J.Reynolds

Thin long bird

       with a taste for snake's eyes

Frayed tail, wildcat claws

His pinions are bludgeons.

Few brains, topped

By a crown

And a flair for swift in-fighting---

Try to take it from him.

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