Now You Know

~ Kenneth P. Gurney

Birds grow in the indoor planters.
Their beaks are the first part of a new bud.

Their colored plumage attracts insects
that they snap out of the air.

At some point their claws go from being
part of the plant stem to holding on to it.

Amazing. All of this from mid March
to fly away by tax day.

Now you know why we must
keep the doors and windows open in Spring.

copyright © 2020 Kenneth P. Gurney

Published by Kenneth P. Gurney

I am an Albuquerque, NM, USA poet.

2 thoughts on “Now You Know”

  1. I like the inference we help the birds into the world this way, and see them off with an opening into Life once they’re ready.

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