Score One for the Birds
A Tanka
Feb 2, 2022
Press enter or click to view image in full size![the image is that of a window pane that has been newly washed by rain. On the sill inside is what looks like a wooden carving of a bird.]()
Windows freshly washed
Glisten clean in morning sun
Inquisitive bird
Perches itself on the pane
You can just guess what it did.
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After it flew away, I went for the hose and washed the window again.
