I groggily navigated stairs in the soft morning light
The dog wagging patiently at the door for morning breakout

The dog burst into the back yard bounding to the fence
Startling a frozen bunny out of the waving sea oats

The bunny bulleted to hide in the wide hydrangea leaves
Spooking the squirrel hanging inverted, feasting at the bird feeder

The squirrel lithely leapt to the dense foliage of the viburnum 
Jarring a mother cardinal feeding her nestling

The cardinal flitted to the top of the curly willow, for chick to follow
Attracting the attention of the red shouldered hawk, peering from the holly

You know where this is going…