can we work together or not?
Fresh Birds
global warming’s
got them by the balls
house wrens scold
when I enter the porch
a cacophony of four
chatter me away
from the nest
with four fresh babies
The gold finch tries
to eat the screen
thinks he’s a woodpecker
of aluminum
the doves peck
at the floor of the deck
eat the tar
the purple finch
hang upside down
on the feeder…
knock each other off…
fresh birds:
scolding, pushing, denting windows
.
where are the gentle birds?
perching, sharing, singing the mating song?
bring back the calm old-fashioned birds
with bees to match, bees to match.
The Vibrant Channeled Creator 