chickadee tells me like it is

poem

Apr 1

chickadee flutters chair to chair

to look me in at eye at my computer

and squabble that i am late

filling the birdseed plate

then adds the bird feeder is so public

the scrub and Steller’s jays have found

it and use their size to demand

first place in line

i cannot help about the jays but

i do rise quickly to replenish the seed

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Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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