Monday, June 29, 2026

a dog named Birdie

there’s a tiny red car driving 

back-n-forth in the square 

below my bedroom window 

where chirping echoes 

another on the sill lays still 

from heat or failure to fly

six am, the cacophony began

the tiny red car, chipping nonstop 

‘bought being woke 

Sweetness sleeps on the pillow 

beside me napping