Bird Watching
Cooper hawks perch on posts along a highway
dead trees piled behind them
brown pines marked further up the road
Scrub jays land on a backhoe loader
tape-linked peg lines surrounding them
blackened palmetto breaking under their weight
Flocks of turkey buzzards darken an arid field
ivory shards scattered beside them
whitewashed shells speckling black with gray
A red-tail swoops from a backyard fence
blackbirds scattering beneath her
their red wings locked in taloned flight
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Another sparrow knocks on a picture window
and falls.
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