Domestic and Wild Metronomes
After years of digital
I have a moonbeam clock
in the bedroom now
the sound touch
is kitten soft. I only hear it
when it's quiet
and I'm awake.
A metronome, external heartbeat,
time is divided into seconds
with chef's knife precision.
This morning outside my window
a cardinal spoke with insistent language
a repetitive message
similar in frequency and volume
to my quietly ticking clock.
As I woke I heard
first one and then the other
their voices overlaid each other
then alternated.
I, dipping in and out of sleep
surfaced finally to look out
 |
at the blue light
of early morning.
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