i'm looking for new ways to find the morning (seasonably adjusted)

the arc of the sun used to be enough

just those first rays

would wake you

if you were at all tuned in

the first blue jay calls

or a robin red breast staring in the window

a neighbor's rooster the authorities have made illegal

faint early dog barks from down in the valley

among the most verbal

is a dog's lick on the arm

a nose

is a memory

sometimes the maples turn their heads

brush off the avenue traffic

listen intently for the secrets

just beyond

--- e b bortz