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I Wish For Wings

Gwen Campbell

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I wish for wings
The arboreal touch
Of silk on flesh
Of genes recombinant

Of flight and power.

No one the wiser
As I fold them
And hide
The pinions of my power
From the world's waking eyes

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Gwen Campbell lives on a diet of poetry and enjoying the moment. She lives near New York City.


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