Holding On
the cat took to sleeping in the kitchen
where there are less windows
the wind hammered at the front and back doors
it circled the walls
then raced off
to spook my shadow
a sparrow
flew up under the eve of the roof
it clung to it kinda sideways-on
the way parakeets do
the wire netting of the screen door
bulged in and out
as I held onto the latch
the eyes in the birds head bulged also
its plumage did a crazy dance
its neck got crooked and stiff
the howling wind took the bird
out onto the road where it fluttered
later I watched TV
a movie about some demented weather
was on
I switched channels
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