after seeing three types of birds, a snake and one squirrel today through my window:
blue jay landing next to me this morning-
that intentional mounting, or arriving from somewhere…in this case, cedar wood fence top. that well planned sudden shortening of distance between us…
those two cardinals, more meekly peruse the earth, in their particular brilliance, making patterns with their yellow beaks…haunting the grass with red.
hawks are a whole other glory-to me they relate to sky space
range, i suppose, and fatherhood. four types live in these skies above
our house.
we observe within
until we think
we know. All the while
the squirrels laugh at us through our funny screened in windows
for, we see as through a clouded glass, Paul said…
and the boxes we make for ourselves to live in-
i’m not sure how the animals see them.
i’m not sure what a snake sees for instance. Or a spider.
but from below our math of metal pipes and wood frames, must seem odd
to something so sibilant and spindled. so unabashedly alive, and itself.
while we are more easily interrupted creatures.
And while love comes from above, the earth still utters truths.