Airplane from outsideo
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Silver gray image

that appears

in the aperture

of a bank of clouds.
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That disappears

when the air

is the color of asphalt.
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When the sun upon it shines

a diamond suspended in the water.
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My eye catches it by its tail

where the letters and numbers are
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Sometimes it moves from right to left

Sometimes from left to right

as in an ancient poem:

an object drifting by

is an augural sign.
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Enveloped in a cloud

its sound announces it.
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When far away

it whispers

as if near to me.
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When near to me

it shrieks

as if miles away.
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To execute its touch down

it makes a tangent to the earth
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With great enthusiasm

it takes off again.
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