birds are these things

a bird arrived in time
for your unscheduled
investiture
your rude
graciousness
your silly formality

and it was just right
because birds are
these things —
at least little birds
like sparrows

raptors are something
else they are like
your sadness
sailing alone in
a vast sky
searching for
rodents

my sadness
is this also

for now though
we are on the ground
where some sparrows
apparently found
something to eat
— jolly & jostling
stretching their
way on,

          —— Jefferson Hansen