Two cardinals, one red, one brown,
gendered opposites, landed feet away
on two thin branches of a spindly tree.
They saw me,
looked at each other,
felt trembling,
took off in flight.
Was it fear,
the urge for privacy,
or the arboreal quake?
Two cardinals, one red, one brown,
gendered opposites, landed feet away
on two thin branches of a spindly tree.
They saw me,
looked at each other,
felt trembling,
took off in flight.
Was it fear,
the urge for privacy,
or the arboreal quake?