Now,
it's nice.
I'll be standing there, watering or trimming
or whatever
in
the early morning or at dusk
and
this small one will sweep into the garden
going a million miles an hour
Stop short and stilled up in the air for a
second
( like a freeze frame)
look
me in the eye ( I swear )
and then go lose themselves in the luscious
meals
picking
and choosing like the salad bar the garden is right now
as if
to say ' Oh well, it's that big being. They seem to be ok.
Let's get on
with it.'
And I
am , and they do, get on with it, while I stand motionless
and
watch as delighted as any best friend or parent or garden neighbor
til I guess their tiny belly becomes filled
for a New York minute
And
they turn and give me this LOOK!
And
swoop real near, and then, fast, way up into the skies
leaving me smiling and breathless and
speechless
Zoom zoom!
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