So I See

if one is willing to look
it’s right there
with just a little fine focus:

three cormorants basking by the pond
friends no doubt
and casually handsome
fine pointing
the freshness of the fish

one raccoon
in the fevered throes of death
stumbling down the trail
frightening and
so sadly wrong
in so many ways

a parcel of squirrels
incessant and persistent
in their quest to eat
every last sunflower seed
if not manic what are they

a murder of crows who laugh

at such human folly

proud but not prideful
rightfully private in their ethnicity

two swans
muted
while posing
for an audience of one
showing to all the world
what love is.

all this
and for you

at the low, low price

of nothing.