With Pinions of Disdain

With Pinions of Disdain
The soul can farther fly
Than any feather ratified[^a1]certified[^a2]specified
by --[^a3]in Ornithology --
It wafts this sordid Flesh
Beyond it's slow[^a4]dull -- control
And during it's electric spell[^a5]stay --[^a6]might --[^a7]act -- span[^a8]gale --
The body is a soul --
instructing by itself[^a9]the same --
What little act it be[^a10]How little work it be --
To put off filaments like this
for immortality --

[^a1: ratified | ratified]

[^a2: certified | certified]

[^a3: by -- | by --]

[^a4: slow | slow]

[^a5: spell | spell]

[^a6: stay -- | stay --]

[^a7: might -- | might --]

[^a8: act -- span | act -- span]

[^a9: itself | itself]

[^a10: What little act it be | What little act it be]