In doubles, triples
cranes dangle, drop
from the lightening sky
into short-legged barley.
Nimble, light on their toes,
thievery in broad daylight.
Tonight, they’ll slip out of town
thinking
to try Texas next.
Deb Liggett is an essayist and poet living in Anchorage, Alaska. Her work has appeared in Pilgrimage, Cirque, the 2008 anthology 50 Poems for Alaska, and in a multi-media art installation, My Alaska, Too, in the CenterPoint West lobby in Anchorage.
