It rains more
on Fridays in summer. That great blue
heron standing long-legged
(and bending)

in your path is the same
bird you saw wading in another
lake a month ago. The red-
winged blackbird

that slashed the air
behind the back
of your skull can tell
you’re becoming


[ambivalent | deliberate | asexual |
disinterested | astounded | distilled]


The hens and toms
congregating across the street
and giant island swan floating
among reeds halfway

across the country
don’t care
what you are
(or how) becoming.