Sol 5.6

  1. Alike in form, yet differing within that very form,

    They donned darkness, patched with morning light.

  2. From camphor they took a nose and beak,

    And dyed palm and finger with henna.

  3. They gaze with eyes which, whenever they turn them,

    Reveal to the beholder agate set like a jewel.

  4. They fly on wings like great shears, as though they were

    Boulders flung three and four at a time.

  5. Those wings beat them through the air without pause,

    As though oars were driving them all in unison.

  6. When they drink deep from the pool, you would think them

    Feeding hungry chicks in cavern nests.

Sol 5.6