Monday, January 22, 2024

TRESPASSED AGAINST

As often, 
outdoor solitude 
invites the incursion, 

just after 
dawn, of one 
dismal, haughty crow 

who damns
from the dormer with her 
strident proclamations, 

disrupting
my nascent and
fragile meditation. 

Savor your 
idea of today 
while you can,

goes her dread-
fully flip-yet-
incessant incantation, 

for no man's 
execution 
ever goes to plan.