january thaw
winter winds unusually warm
bringing back birds I’ve not seen
in what seems like ages
suddenly returning in waves
I’ve been flying and foraging
for nearly a fortnight now
blending in with a family of
black-capped chickadees
I almost forgot what is was like
to be amongst a family
of five or fifty or five hundred
coexisting effortlessly
january two thousand nineteen
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lovely!
many thanks B✿NNie