2.9

like Icarus who flew
too close to the sun
and had the wax that glued
his feathered wings melted
the stiches unravelled
his body toasted brown

could droppage be
flung too high
into the path
of a moving object
which being much much bigger
or much much noisier
or much much hotter
shook or melt the feathers
off the back of Droppage

from the amount seen
slowly drifting down
a very fluffy bird indeed
must have been shorned

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