THE HAWK FEEDER


Morning glides by
Sipping coffee
At the bay
Window
Looking through

To a nervous world
Of bird squalls           
Twitching  
'Tween bush and feeder
              
Squabble, jockey
Grab and go
Can’t chat

Eyes wide elsewhere

Raptor shadow
Scatter
Huddled safety
Of a tangled vine

Inside
Facing this backyard pandemonium
I glance back at Goldie
Gliding, circling his aquarium
And wonder what he thinks
Of twitchy me


Dennis R. Keefe

March 19, 2020