Red-Winged Blackbird

Smaller than a Robin

O-ka-LEEEEEEEEE!

again the nest

and the parent

eyes closed   mouths open

translucence – sunlight

beacon.

daylily               daylilies

bird beaks new birds,     slight

open mouths

i slept and i woke up in a nest

of magnolia leaves three stories off the ground

two birds were singing

she works the nest

with her beak, checks it

has already been gone

this morning and is

back sitting.

the inchworm was suspended by a thread,

it moved up and down, translucent.

the thread was horizontal to the inchworm,

and almost invisible against the green.

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the dog barked persistently

for me to throw her the ball.