Djitgun

DJITGUN - (Wurrundjeri)- for the Superb Fairy Blue-Wren

- alternative (Djeetgun - (Kurnai) Gippsland; Deegd'gun - (Dja Dja Wurrung) Central Victoria )

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Low flyer, scimmer
of leaves
and branches, zipper
of the outer foliage
and opener
of the inner,
he snaps
insects from their
temporary rests,
taking them eternally,
and calls
his ladies along
so the troop work
the miasma
till it's zapped
and emptied;
then fed, feathered tight
with pride
he flies up stage
to bend a tallest scrub twig
and with a blued voice
he twitters
his azure hallelujah.