The Wire (cont.)



Thirty-four crocuses
in a bright square yard underneath Toilet Hill

a year & ten days ago means
its not just me sleeping all day this Feb.

except for the inter-urban sparrow-squirrel
standoff in the walnut's big triple fork

location location location
but only for about five seconds

the sparrows puffed up double
like officials in raincoats

I didn't say that no but really
no saunter or easy back-away

in either being though not much
endless hand-shaking malice either

but they really do look like people
or else why even speculate

let alone shake hands with 'em
eat their flesh or honey

dress them in uniforms
fight them for money

the boundary issue
is not the territory

a pocket atlas ends all speculation
a series of pale dashes marks the Parkway---