______ FIRST BIRD TO SING first bird to sing last bird to land I hear you through shuttered windows hear you with my shuttered heart I feel your wings against my breast your scissored wings my wicked sadness first bird to sing last bird to land this sad song of possibilities trembling a little like a flower petal lost to the garden bird without horoscope bird without history bird without hesitation to stay your wings I sing to you first bird to fly last bird to land I will follow you beyond the oleander through olive groves as far as the Arno where the black line of tall cypresses bids you go ______ ONE LIFETIME AT A TIME you will stop loving me the same way you learned to love me – wordless at first, then one word at a time, one phrase at a time, one sentence one paragraph one chapter one language, one lifetime at a time (one day, one day) you will stop loving me the same way you learned to love me – wordless at first, then one word at a time, one phrase at a time, one sentence ...