Tuesday, May 07, 2019

earth note 679


morning traffic on the avenue
breaking up disparate bird songs
on the ridge
not sure if cacophony is the right word
     but i'll use it
blue jay-robin-cardinal-yellow finch-sparrow-chimney swift
     a lone woodpecker
     no crows this early
     keep cover     there's a hawk
the dog barks at something out-of-tune
     most everything

like a tractor-flatbed trailer
down-shift grind of steel
not quite meshing gears
rough-cut transmission out-of-warranty
hauling pipeline sections
bound & gagged
     once a route to wooded hills
     cacophony
     now clear-cut
          fracked

--- e b bortz

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