Fantail

 


Fantail

 

The fantail perches

     on the thin

wire

          of the      fence

chirping

         angling

                north

north-east

his long brown & white tail

spinning

                 twitching

like a baton. And then-

       he lifts off

flitting in the cold morning

air   looping

           & hovering

   & chasing

             & briefly

touching a mate

                in mid-air

                     within my arm’s

length.

 

Skitting off-

he returns

           instantly    to sit

                    on the cow

 paddock wire

                     before me-

only

 to fling himself      outwards

        in a wild loop

skimming the

                     ground.

 

And as I watch the fantail

I think about how free he is

& how detached

                   I have become.

 

 

 

George Anderson


George Anderson has taught in New South Wales, Australia for over 30 years and is editor of Bold Monkey Review, a blog devoted to promoting the work of alternative small press writers. He occasionally adds to the pile- his latest chapbooks include, The Factory of Eccentric Poetics (Holy & Intoxicated Publications, 2021) and The Beast With Three Legs (Between Shadows Press, 2022).

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