A Winter Buffet
A bright winter day
and not a leaf left
on this skeleton
tree teeming
with sparrows
chirping and hopping
branch to branch
waiting for the feeder
to be free of cardinals
juncos and jays
bickering for seed
while on the ground
four doves
stroll in silence
feasting on spilled
seed near the tree
where a fat squirrel
sits with tail high
in a question mark
ready to dive
and scatter them all
Donal Mahoney
Copyright © Donal Mahoney | Year Posted 2017
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