this whole week has been
one in which i keep showing up
so to speak,
paying closer and closer attention
to what is going on
in my work
and in my world
skies have been constantly
and continually changing
clouds teaching me things
i need to know
she makes me go outside
when i forget or
get lazy
and then i see
rocks that would not
be books
stitches made by machines
dots of starlings
all arguing and telling their stories
so much so that
i thought i heard the herald
redwing blackbird
but i think the damned
starlings were leading me on.