the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;

“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south?

But the hawk and the porcupine shall possess it, the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. He shall stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.

There the owl nests and lays and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow; indeed, there the hawks are gathered, each one with her mate.