The stickmen angels my father drew
Are still around. I see them sometimes
Arguing with each other or sitting
On a bench arbitrating the law suits
Birds constantly bring against each other.
You think it easy to make an angel
From five circles and six or seven lines?
Try it. Then ask your drawing for something --
A recipe for fish, say, or your cat's real name
Or the reason your neighbor's pear tree
Holds so deep a grudge against you.
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