BIRD GARDEN

She has

so many birds in

her hair

wild birds, live birds,

caged birds, raptors,

real

live wires

Oh it is an aviary, a sky-scraping

hive when not

bouffant. But

always a masterpiece, a

singer confection

that could grow taller

than the Babel Tower

if it wished

or hang more potently

than the Gardens of Babylon

talking a dive

unsurpassed that

depth to plumb.