The trees move restlessly
In the bright space beyond
The windowframe. Stark
Noon light spreads from
A broken bank of cloud,
The half-light below its
Dark lower edge moves in
A faint grey haze of rain,
Out past the houses, out
Past the shoreline's arc.
A kinglet drops into the
Frame, swaying upon a
Forked twig. Its olive
Body is lit at its edge by
Two yellow, chevroned
Wings. Poppyseed eyes
Glimmer before its bill—
A tiny, blunted cone.
At the center of its dull
Crown, a lick as of red
Emulsion. All its body
Crowds to this point,
Slight nation hinged
About its glowing capital.
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