for Delaney And now you will assist the Raven, your daytime and night sky guide. There she is, do you hear her? your mother always asked, out strolling with you. Spot her high wire nest and eyes for you, secure in coat of twigs and twine. Forever more, your overhead soul surveillance. You will find sustenance just pluck a practical feather to edit the dark and the sun drenched. You who spotlights supple ballet ankles and disappearing glaciers. Right where you are, at the shore, born with assurance, little squirrel. String the smarting disappointments and the pleasure bubbles like perfect baubles to make a sturdy necklace Know the bond between what disturbs and what soars. Orange on black. Chuparosa headdress, sexy red lipstick, and a soft lavender scarf. Hidden twitters in the narrow botanical garden reveal themselves. You walked there with your papa. You