I woke earlier today
Anticipating the trip
Taking coffee and blanket
Out to the front porch rocker
The bird song was much louder
This early in the morning
Waking each other—
Finding each other –
Worrisome inquiries
Of how they weathered the night
And as they spoke from the trees
The bats darted through the sky
Frenzied flight into the pink
Adolescent and drunken
Curfew signaled by the sun
As my coffee cup emptied
The cadence calmed to chatter
The bats bent beneath the trees
The sky turned from pink to blue
With the coming of the day
It was time to go back home
July, 2011
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