I. Sunrise

Meadowlark greets dawn
Cormorants’ wings whispering
Pond exhaling mists.

II. Turkeys

Twelve turkeys ambled along the gravel road
taking both lanes and ditches
ignoring the grinding of tires.

III. Aftermath

Twigs fractured and fallen lie
scattered by storm’s winds
and rest from skyward striving
while on wet asphalt worms
writhe and twist and wander
restless in seeking soil.

Are we twigs or worms?

David M. Frye
April 14, 2009
Denton, Neb.