when wonder comes home

roosts in the rooftop just over your bed

you hear the morning call for food

sunrise its nourishment the small bud of its mouth peeking over the edge of the nest

by midsummer you know it will have begun to dismember

sticks and bits of fluff so lovingly assembled blowing away in the heat

of a few welcome summer breezes

but that’s for then

and this is now

morning waking stretch angle view of this corner catchment filled with the delight of one tiny keening beak

bug-eyed singing up the sun