Poetry Annual 1998 O Y S T E R   B O Y   R E V I E W   [ 8 ]
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C. Earl Nelson
H A P P Y
these
little birds

not mockingbird
nor robin

nor finch and
not jay

these little fellows
flitting from brick to brick
gathering crumbs
singing along

if they are aware
of me, tattoo'd and
caffeinated

they
do not
show it

and if they hear
the roaring sunday morning traffic
they do not show it,

every crumb.
every twig.
happy happy.

 
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