[Soaring Feather]

Dressing the House

She stands a little seedy
her porches sagging
her paint is peeling
like a fan dancer
gracefully disrobing
to basic bare...

She gets a new coat next year,
but this year her head dressing
new with fancy gutter work wrapping
around her edges is disorienting
the squirrels - interrupting the
old route of planned destruction
forcing engineered plans
of new routes to bird feeders.

This morning they spied on me
through my bathroom window
their beady little eyes
aflame with anger
a result of detours on
their route to mayhem

However, next year
the pigeons are in for
an unplanned contest regarding
squatters rights and hastily thrown
together brooding hatches...
the roofers closed all the loop holes

bentfeather
07.19.04

[SAMWolf]

Dressing the House

:-) Very, very good good

[StarCMC]

I love it Ms. Feather!! We made a bunch of woodpeckers mad this year! Cedar siding and woodpeckers do not mix!!!