Finding/Looking/Losing

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
-J.R.R. Tolkien






Part of me remains, wench, Boult-upright
The rest of me drops off into the night.
-Ern Malley



primates
and heavens saints
tumbling over mud and brick
and floors packed and slick
gnawing grappling growl
fighting; fierce, fowl
weary wings too far from home
wit and speed, fatigued by their roam
losing sight of bright-cloud skies
wings recede, a film obscures their eyes


Ive been Looking in the wrong places then i guess...