A Pair of Downy Woodpeckers
standing on the carport today
eating
a cold pulled pork sandwich
with a thin layer of sauce
from a popular place
near the lake
the nieghbor’s gray-white cat
stretched out at my feet asleep
breathing slowly with it’s fur
teased up by the humidity
the evening had gone silver
turning the green world
a little darker than normal
and two of them
nervous black and white
chattering to one another
stopped at the bird feeder
watching one another’s
every single move
one of my children
came to door
and they took flight
I knew I’d never see them
again
I didn’t have to wonder
what made them stay together
for the rest of thier lives
it was something deeper than love
primal, knowable to us all
at least one single time
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I like how this went from now to forever; small to large; danger to flight in such a small space.