rags

[haruhichan]

Hi. what does rags refer to here?

"that pew-pew-s a buzzard
rags in wind"

thank u

[ann_h]

Need more of the verse for context, thank you :)

[haruhichan]

That pew pew�s a buzzard �
rags in wind,
its call throws down a line

of perfect pitch,
sweet and sharp,

plumb
through blue afternoon �
the way a salmon,
cooling itself,
surrenders
to the rapid brace and flux
of water,

immersion wholly chosen
yet without desire,

as if to live were something straight
as this gaze

[cook1254]

according to Rogets Thesaurus, rag can mean both sail and kite (among other things ) so perhaps "Sails in wind"?