grebes tuka
bunting & grouse
herons
cormorants
blackbirds whistle
there --
along the Ångerman where I have spent my entire morning watching
a moose migration
rustling along with wind & water determined & regal
while --
out my window
here --
a redbud trembles in full amethyst glory
and the contrast between the purple and the sky and the moose leaves me tilted & easy
a dog barks
and the wind carries the laughter of children or swans from a playground 4 blocks to the south
and I become the sky and it is home
