Some Mothers

……. they move slowly on
…. the grass, shifting their feet
and pausing

… their heads are bent
busy on the ground
……. they are full already
but still they eat
… they are sleek and their
… bodies glimmer

…. . …. if you try to come
close they will raise
their heads all at once ……. and stare

……. their faces will move
quickly then and they
will talk to each other
in low, worried voices

their expressions are
……. difficult to read
their eyes and mouths
……. . . . . . dark and still and shifting

…. . . .…. and then you step again
……. and they lift
a vast sudden wave
complaining loudly
……. without ceasing
and throw themselves into the sky