Waking

Cardinal song

 

starting cars

 

ticking clock;

 

breathing

 

heart beating

 

closed eyes.

 

—Dark windows;

 

the new moon. 

 

Snowflakes, warm chimneys, quiet earth . . . 

 

            Cardinal flight

 

moving cars

 

            tick, tick, tick;

 

sighing

 

            arms wide

 

open eyes.

 

—Dim windows;

 

the slow sun.