Owen took these photos.
Jalak Bali
until I saw it
against sky
I thought its whiteness a liability
its blue face gaudy
but up in the canopy
it dissolves into air
insubstantial as cloud
as embedded in the
broad blue canvas
as leafbird is to tree
disappearing like
siang supplants pagi
and sore whisks away siang
you never know
who beauty might save
