“Day is a snow-white Dove of heaven That from the East glad message brings. Night is a stealthy, evil Raven, Wrapped to the eyes in his black wings.” EyeNightEvilHeavenBlackWhiteMessagesWingsEastGladSnowDoveRavensSnow White Book:The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Source: The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
“All she saw, down in the cellar well beneath the stoop, was a light yellow feather with a tip of green. And she had never named him. Had called him "my parrot" all these years. "My parrot." "Love you. "Love you." Did the dogs get him? Or did he get the message - that she said, "My parrot" and he said, "Love you," and she had never said it back or even taken the trouble to name him - and manage somehow to fly away on wings that had not soared for six years.” YearsWellsSaidLightNamesTakenSawsTroubleLove YouDogSixMessagesGreenWingsManageYellowFeathersStoopsCellarsParrotsFly Away Author:Toni Morrison
“The glow dies down, and she's standing at the end of my bed--the one who's been following me around leaving feather messages. I take in the torn fishnets, plaid mini-kilt, shiny, riveted breastplate with leather straps at the sides and a worn Great Temolo decal near the left shoulder. Her wings are a crazy black-and-white-checkered pattern, like they've been spray-painted at a body shop to look like hipster sneakers.” LooksEndsBodyDiesLeftSidesBlackWhiteCrazyBedMessagesStandingDown AndWingsLeavingPatternsFollowingShouldersShopsBlack And WhiteWornTornFeathersLeatherHipsterSpraySneakersKiltsPlaidCheckered Book:Going Bovine Source: Going Bovine