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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