When the house finch
arrives at the feeder,
a high wind warning
is in effect. Gusts
just shy of hurricane
force are forecast,
all afternoon and into
the night. Humans
are warned. . . Stay inside,
stay away from windows.
The thin branches of
the weeping cherry
swing closer and closer
to the feeder, until one gust
whips the finch off its perch,
blows it out of my sight, away
from the window, where I sit
watching, though warned not to.
Martha Christina is a frequent contributor to Brevities. Longer work appears in Innisfree Poetry Journal, Naugatuck River Review, earlier postings of Red Eft Review, and most recently in Star 82 Review, and Crab Orchard Review. She has published two collections: Staying Found (Fleur-de-lis Press) and Against Detachment (Pecan Grove Press).
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