On the grain hanging
just outside my window
barely five feet away
are off and on about
twelve little gray birds
you can't predict when
they will come or how long
they will stay
sometimes you can't
even see ...the grain or
tell how many for they are
the most flitting, energetic,
nervous and yes-- hungry
little birds ever seen
they just peck and flit and jerk
and nudge each other
like it's their last meal on earth
and one just is mesmerized
by them just watching
for they are never still
and he thinks---"I'm going to look
them up in one of our
numerous bird books " (good luck)
and so I grab a handy bird book
and look up thru the window
but they are gone suddenly
every one gone
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MIL
14 MARCH 2019
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