feed
such a pretty moment
when I got
to sit in a friend’s chair
sipping guest
coffee
watching and hearing birds
around the feeders
and of these
there was a small brown
and
a black one
and I wish I knew more
as
my grandfather knew
who
charted birds
when the Department
of Interior had
been
formed
yet I don’t know the species
sigh
there was a bird with a bright hood
which was a woodpecker
I think
and one flyer a small pigeon to
me
anyway
and there came a squirrel
which did not
scurry anything away
but
picked at the ground with its paws
the ways the birds
had used
their beaks
and
through air on branches
on the earth
so maybe everyone got satisfied
and also
was pleased
thanks
friend
for the chair
the coffee
and the hour
so
I could think
My Lord
what a morning
as fresh sun strikes the trees
and feeding happened
for
the birds and other critters
in metal branches
and what is
tied
all over and on
for gleaning of the sun-rinsing
ground
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photo by Bill Pennell on Unsplash
Sitting on Cats
My week’s occupation
Done with lack of grace
They look at me indifferently
As I feed and water, pet
And play, even attempt
To impose medicine
Within one’s tiny mouth
We make it through—I
Would not give myself a
Good grade for care, though
Not for lack of
Trying
They came to me and then
Stayed away: It’s only you;
Feed us, check the litter
Box,
And leave
But one day, despite ourselves,
I found each cat and got
Down
Eye-to-eye
Looking at one while
Scratching behind the
Ears (the cat’s) and simply
Lying on the floor
So we could see each other
For the second (though
Equal among firsts),
There was something close
By to play with (besides
My heart-strings) and, what
Do you know,
We played
I received an electronic
Missive telling me my
Service was done—now
True cat-caring can
Commence without me
With the right ones at home
Well, we had a heat wave,
Didn’t we—which might
Explicate in part
Royal lethargy
And, if asked again
(Depending on the report
Received by parents),
I’ll prostrate myself in
Service
To liege-lords ruling their
Split-level citadel
Now off to learn something
About post-modern dogs
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