it frightened me at first
though I am trying to more succinctly identify my emotions
so maybe it wasn’t a frightening  but a startling
yes that’s it
I’ll start again

it startled me  at first
the clink and whir and clunk  just a few yards from my sight

dawn not yet blinking its eyes  opening the sash to catch a glimpse
a cart pushing past the slumbered houses  blanketed cozily in ombred night

he hung from its bar  one handed  while picking through the grass at the medium  it drew my attention  standing at the doorway  wondering if he too would take up the discarded stuffie and place it on my porch  as if a token of thanksgiving for passing by on this tipped-scale day in June 
or maybe as a blessing