"Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings
and some are treasured for their markings -
they cause the eyes to melt
or the body to shriek without pain.
I have never seen one fly, but
sometimes they perch on the hand."
from "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" by Craig Raine.
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But others are trained from the wrist to fly
And hawk the readers from the sky
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