I fill the smart birdfeeder
It empties within hours  

Cardinals ruffle their feathers
tilt their heads, glare at the camera
beady eyes knowing I am watching  

Where’s the food?  
I fill the smart birdfeeder
 baffled against squirrels  
                                               sorting through
seed scattered on the ground
pigeons kicked from the platform
with four-toed galoshes  

Chipmunks dart between the squirrels
to find a place                          
                           nervous feast
fear and greed oscillate
in their micro-quivers                            

I fill the smart birdfeeder
It empties within hours  

Where’s the food?  

Grackle swat teams zoom like drones
across the yard  
                              They know where I live  

I feel these creatures feeling me
awaiting my appearance
as if I’m Taylor Swift