"Happy 41, Brian Henry!" [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]

BRIAN HENRY (9/17)

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Whippoorwill and weeping willow:
One is a bird; the other, a tree.
Forty-one years of Brian Henry:
My memory is playing a trick upon me.

Henry and memory—a trick upon me

Whippoorwill and weeping willow:
The last is a tree; the other, a bird.
Forty-one years of Brian Henry:
Exemplary theater of the absurd.

Henry exemplary—of the absurd

Cactus wren and Northern catalpa:
One has an egg; the other, a seed.
Forty-one years of Brian Henry:
Penury sending me something to read.

Henry a-sending me something to read.

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