In Orick, California, the poet lived in a very decrepit trailer with a very beautiful view. Nearby blackberries and deciduous trees gave way to pines and redwoods climbing the mountain outside her window.

Each morning as she lifted her curtain to admire the spectacular artwork of dawn, she noticed that the same two birds flew in to meet on the same branch of a nearby tree every morning.

So, one day, she took a listen…

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Recorded Reading (2:25): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g1m9qturkgqpjw4krxn4n/two-friendly-birds-in-a-country-tree.aac?rlkey=h0nfnrxowncjbvx5htttn1or7&dl=0

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two friendly birds in a country tree

whelp
it’s sunrise again

yep
sure ’nuff
happens every day
reg’lar

heh heh heh
heh heh heh

how
you doin’
this mornin’?

oh
nothin’ to complain about
little chilly, maybe, you?

pretty much the same
thank you kindly
for askin’

what you up to today?
other’n the sky, i mean
haha!

oh, that one twig
in the ol’ nest, there
‘s been needin’ adjustment

gonna
look around
for a replacement?

aw, yeah
that or shove that one further in
haven’t decided yet

that one
was lookin’ pretty ragged
last time i saw it

i know it
our one chick kept on
sleepin’ with his beak to it

well, kids
don’t know
no better

sure
that one didn’t
anyway!

hahahahahahaha!
hahahahahahaha!

yeah, poor gus
he was a li’l slow
how’s he doin’ these days?

turned out to be
a real good flyer
that one

oh, yeah?
it’ll happen
that way sometimes

yep, flew clear over
got hisself a beauty
from sev’ral mountains off

he did, huh?
smart in the heart
where it counts

you’re right about that
he really has always
been that way

well, i’m glad
he come
to good

me too
i’s a li’l
concerned there for a while!

hahahahahahaha!!
hahahahahahaha!!

dunno what’s wrong
with m’ dang leg
you’d think it was moultin’ season

well, it ain’t that!
go stick it in the creek
freeze whatever it is off ya

not a bad idea
think i just might 
go do that

y’ wanna fly over
and take a look
at that twig with me first?

oh, sure
be happy to
kin stick this ol’ leg in the creek anytime

ready then?

ah-yaw

a-right
le’s 
GO!…

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This poet is physically disabled.

Public housing being insufficient to her medical and creative needs, in order to continue working she is presently living in her minivan, publishing all of her works using one thumb on the touch screen of her smartphone and surviving at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

If her work has touched you, she would treasure any contribution you might be good enough to offer ~ http://www.UgiftABLE.com ● #72D-31S.

Please be aware that it takes several days for her to be notified of patronage. Thank you for caring.

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