vertigo for me

i hate towers and bridges,

and this one here is totally see through steel mesh.

shudder.

yet i persevered.

i could see for miles

and miles

and miles. here

from the road to the new place i call home

where this big one

greets me as the sun

goes down.

inside i examine

a woodcock

a strange bird

that i learned

when i fist came to the north country.

his call is odd,

his eyes way up high

his body awkward

and yet he flies here in spring and was, until a couple of days ago

still found here.

this one will be a meal.

i must get used to having fresh fowl around

as well as fresh vegetables,

and my favorites,

the wild berries.