The Phoenix
(a poem for two voices)

I  am Phoenix                        I am Phoenix
                                             the fire-bird!

Phoenix                                 Phoenix
everlasting!             
I am Phoenix!                        I am Phoenix!
                                             Immortal
Immortal                                eternal
eternal . . .                              undying . . .

My feathers are  
    scarlet,
    purple,                              scarlet,
    golden.                             purple.

                                           There is but
                                            one
one                                     Phoenix --
 

there have never been more.
 

Paul Fleishman