Five wishes.I'd like to have a wild bird Perch on my hand Perhaps a sparrow Or a chickadee chickadee (chĭk`ədē'), small North American bird of the titmouse family. The black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus), lively and gregarious, is a permanent resident over most of its range in the East. Both sexes have black caps, gray backs and wings, and fluffy white to buff underparts. Sudden with her sharp feet And fragile daring I'd like to see again the etchings Rembrandt made Of stories from the Bible For though they're plain As Bethlehem's hay A homely radiance fills them And I would like to visit The Laguna Indians And their adobe villages And their small ancient church That's made of whitewashed whitewash, white fluid commonly used as an inexpensive, impermanent coating for walls, fences, stables, and other exterior structures. It varies in composition, being generally a mixture of lime (quicklime), water, flour, salt, glue, and whiting, with other ingredients such as molasses, water glass, or soap sometimes added. Mixed with size and colored, whitewash is occasionally used on interiors as calcimine. clay With wooden rafters And their Madonna To whom they've given An apron of white lace And I would like to learn To accept my death To accept our dying Which is a scandal And a mystery But part of us Meant to be part of us Like sleep Like giving birth And I would like to find The little shrine of Chimayo Where the lame leave their crutches crutch (kruch) a staff, ordinarily extending from the armpit to the ground, with a support for the hand and usually also for the arm or axilla; used to support the body in walking. crutch (kr I'd like to go there With my daughter Katie And it would be enough Just to be there Without any miracles. |
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