One Letter Away - Dec. 11. 2024

Gary Hunter
Dec 11, 2024
1 min read

a covey of white doves

orbits a blue November sky

ministering to its viewers

as the stack spirals wings

flare in the rising sun

their message -

innocence elegance

and I’m transfixed

every time I see them

a perfect performance

for creatures only one letter

removed from love

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