Bird of legends
Southern master of disguise
Secret elusive and shy
Eerie cry rises to heat bleached sky
Primitive sound of old forest and older land
Once heard never forgotten
Rain Crow calls to thunderclouds
Wings glide down troughs of wind
Grey black clouds shade the sun
Rain beats dust into mud
Silence in the dripping aftermath of storm
Eerie cry fades to dusk
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