i need to change the fire alarm battery
one more time
there goes the fire
detector. a chirp of
some bird enough
to make my cat
alarmed, though
not afraid, for it
does not sing
like the ones
outside in the
shadows of leaves
bouncing on wire
flashing its wings
doing enough to tease
to run up and make it quiet
his neck in her teeth
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I love this comparison and the imagery “bouncing on wire” and the inherent violence in wanting the damned thing to stop chirping.