Guard it in a cage of fingers.
Warm it with your breath.
Fold its wings.
Carry it through the day in a box.
Let it sleep.
Watch it gasp for air
with shoulders raised.
Caress it and then close the box.
Tomorrow it will be colder
smooth out all goose bumps with a kiss
wake it with a breath and carry it along
Translated by Willem Groenewegen
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