After E.P’s: Ts’ai Chi’h

there's a stone statue

a woman pouring water

into a bird bath

powered by current

water flowing forever

coming through the pipes

always replenished

if there is running water

day after dry day

tall montbretias

pennants guarding the bird bath

only for a while

red blossoms clinging

that fell in the stone fountain

shredded yellow white

a hummingbird sipped

before weather wear and tear 

drowned them in water

she’s still beautiful

she pours water very well

while there is water

an aged statue

molded around a brass pipe

birds perch on her head

Dick Russell © Richard M. Russell

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