Graphic by Walter Koessler
April Hurts
by Jeanne Poland
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4/22/23
Yesterday
the birds off my desk
shrieked with pain.
April hurts!
Woodpeckers
drilled a cave
staccato. style.
sweet wood.
Gold finches
lighted on the feeder
pecked the seeds.
Black birds
surveyed the fray
Lorded over!
Smaller birds
fled the sight
Balconies above!
The pecking order
reigned!
The Vibrant Channeled Creator 