An Opening
a little brown
bird
sought shelter
from the storm
and flew through the roof
window
of my greenhouse
and after careful inspection
it musta met her standard
‘cause she started bringing twigs
and forming them circular
in my pot of grapes
and one day she was done with her work
and sat down
but she wasn’t done yet
this little brown bird
wanted to be a mama bird
she flew around and around and around
looking for the safest place
as far away from the cat as possible
and just happened upon an opening
on top of a square box
with a closed door
and when she peered in
she saw a jungle of green
there were blueberries in the corner
and a bowl of water
and it felt warm like summer
warm enough for three
little eggs
to quietly hatch
in a pot of grapes
with the rain falling
all around
TL