Offering XIII: Not Interested

February 28, 2025

A bald eagle sitting in the field

Common.

Would I have told you?

The trees have been tapped

sprouts peeking green heads

from cold ground

Are you there? I need to talk

to you

about the flight of turkeys

down from the white pine

The new baffle for the birdfeeder

The squirrel I hit in the road yesterday

that flipped its tail in the rearview mirror.

Can I conjure you?

Tempt you?

Bring you in

to my sleep

you cajole present me with riddles

paradoxes

soft kisses

realer than real

Don't give in to the sweet talk of endings, you say

endings will come soon enough