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  1. swallow
    small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight
    When I found the swallow’s
    Nest under the bridge --
    Ankle-deep in the bog stream,
    Traffic drumming overhead --
    I was so pleased, I ran
    To fetch a school companion
    To share the nude fragility
    Of the shells, lightly freckled
    With colour, in their cradle
    Of feathers, twigs, earth.
  2. bog
    wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
    When I found the swallow’s
    Nest under the bridge --
    Ankle-deep in the bog stream,
    Traffic drumming overhead --
    I was so pleased, I ran
    To fetch a school companion
    To share the nude fragility
    Of the shells, lightly freckled
    With colour, in their cradle
    Of feathers, twigs, earth.
  3. fetch
    go or come after and bring or take back
    When I found the swallow’s
    Nest under the bridge --
    Ankle-deep in the bog stream,
    Traffic drumming overhead --
    I was so pleased, I ran
    To fetch a school companion
    To share the nude fragility
    Of the shells, lightly freckled
    With colour, in their cradle
    Of feathers, twigs, earth.
  4. companion
    a friend who is frequently with another
    When I found the swallow’s
    Nest under the bridge --
    Ankle-deep in the bog stream,
    Traffic drumming overhead --
    I was so pleased, I ran
    To fetch a school companion
    To share the nude fragility
    Of the shells, lightly freckled
    With colour, in their cradle
    Of feathers, twigs, earth.
  5. fragility
    the quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
    When I found the swallow’s
    Nest under the bridge --
    Ankle-deep in the bog stream,
    Traffic drumming overhead --
    I was so pleased, I ran
    To fetch a school companion
    To share the nude fragility
    Of the shells, lightly freckled
    With colour, in their cradle
    Of feathers, twigs, earth.
  6. freckle
    mark with freckles
    When I found the swallow’s
    Nest under the bridge --
    Ankle-deep in the bog stream,
    Traffic drumming overhead --
    I was so pleased, I ran
    To fetch a school companion
    To share the nude fragility
    Of the shells, lightly freckled
    With colour, in their cradle
    Of feathers, twigs, earth.
  7. cradle
    a baby bed with sides and rockers
    When I found the swallow’s
    Nest under the bridge --
    Ankle-deep in the bog stream,
    Traffic drumming overhead --
    I was so pleased, I ran
    To fetch a school companion
    To share the nude fragility
    Of the shells, lightly freckled
    With colour, in their cradle
    Of feathers, twigs, earth.
  8. palm
    the inner surface of the hand
    It was still breast warm
    Where I curved in my hand
    To count them, one by one
    Into his cold palm, a kind
    Of trophy or offering.
  9. scoop
    take out or up as if with a large ladle
    Turn-
    Ing my back, to scoop out
    The last, I heard him run
    Down the echoing hollow
    Of the bridge.
  10. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
    For minutes we fought
    Standing and falling in
    The river’s brown spate,
    And I would still fight
    Though now I can forgive.
  11. impulse
    an impelling force or strength
    To worship or destroy beauty --
    That double edge of impulse
    I recognize, by which we live;
    But also the bitter paradox
    Of betraying love to harm,
    Then lunging, too late,
    With fists, to its defense.
  12. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
    To worship or destroy beauty --
    That double edge of impulse
    I recognize, by which we live;
    But also the bitter paradox
    Of betraying love to harm,
    Then lunging, too late,
    With fists, to its defense.
  13. betray
    disappoint, abandon, or prove undependable to
    To worship or destroy beauty --
    That double edge of impulse
    I recognize, by which we live;
    But also the bitter paradox
    Of betraying love to harm,
    Then lunging, too late,
    With fists, to its defense.
  14. lunge
    make a thrusting forward movement
    To worship or destroy beauty --
    That double edge of impulse
    I recognize, by which we live;
    But also the bitter paradox
    Of betraying love to harm,
    Then lunging, too late,
    With fists, to its defense.
  15. defense
    the act of guarding someone or something against attack
    To worship or destroy beauty --
    That double edge of impulse
    I recognize, by which we live;
    But also the bitter paradox
    Of betraying love to harm,
    Then lunging, too late,
    With fists, to its defense.
Created on Tue Nov 07 18:54:18 EST 2017 (updated Tue Nov 07 19:13:31 EST 2017)

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