Intangible
a wayward finch
searching for warmth
finds an empty palm
Stay very still.
This was almost a haiku about children trying to touch the moon, until I remembered what this month’s theme is supposed to be. Birdwatching — and birdcatching, to a lesser extent — were popular pastimes in my youth. (When you live in the middle of an inland forest, it’s the closest thing to fishing you can get.)
I just remember the absolute tension of sitting perfectly still with a single nut or seed in my hand, furiously making eye contact with the bird I was trying to entice, as if I could telepathically persuade the creature to come closer.
Oh, and today’s song isn’t just the best Sugababes song, it’s the best song of the nineties (despite the fact that it came out in 2000).