crows. // 29April2021

So many write about crows- blackbirds- crows
Or work to embody ravens- blackbirds- crows
That their caws are oft painted as lullabies
Or daily things that require no attention,
just hellos
Goodbye
Caw
Caw
Caw

Brilliant birds
All
Capable of thoughts
And hoardings
Relationships and talk.

It would be a good day
If I could do
Each of these things.
And to do these things
and cut a dark, edgeknife
silhouette of the sky...
Then I would sleep and wake,
sleep and wake,
With a smile
On this tethered, unfeathered face.