Aerosol Archaeopteryx – v3

I have seen them flying

In the heavens, the skies,

Across several mornings

In the noon day sunshine

As the day turns to night

Ephemeral denizen of the dawn

Emblazoned on the waking

An aerosol archaeopteryx

Captured for a twinkling

On the heavens, the dome

Feathers and ancient bones

Silhouetted in the tracks of the sky

there only for a fleeting, a few seconds

Like footprints in the new-fallen snow

Darkening blue where they tread

Rimmed with yellow, orange, purples

And their spectra, the color palette

Before the blue canvas

Flying still, soaring,

Across the frozen skies

edited January 24, 2015

Aerosol Archaeopteryx – v3

(editing version 2)

edited January 17, 2015

Aerosol Archaeopteryx – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/aerosol-archaeopteryx-v2.html

January 11, 2005

Aerosol Archaeopteryx

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/01/aerosol-archaeopteryx.html

(http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/birds/archaeopteryx.html)

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