Elvis

The black bird in the
birch tree
exchanges his wings
for leaves
sings
to the wisteria
and disappears
for ever
into the foliage of
applause.


John Berger
(En Écrits des Blessures - Pages of the Wound, Ed. Les Temps de Cerises, Pantin, 2007)

"Common American Crow", by John James Audubon, 1861