The King Stag

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The King Stag leaps
over mountains
avatar of the wind
and lover of the leaves
in his eyes the reflection
of secret waters
a spring of mystery
soundlessly treading
the bridal earth
the pines' final bed

the King Stag changes
from moment to moment
now shy and tender
now fierce and regal
glimpsed for a moment
within his city of branches

almost invisible
almost invisible

gone

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