the loon's lament
Location
West Lake
7th Lake Road
United States
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in the ponds of mountain no tomorrow
mother loon croons her songs of sorrow
and though the tufts of storms blow by
she will not quit her phantom cry
the corpses of canoes will sink and lift
like bayou beasts on midnight shifts
and trees with ancient eyes will age
keeping elder secrets of sage
but through the soap flakes on the sea
the maritime blood in tints of three
the sun and moon will exchange thrones
and the loon will hold her lovely tone