Friday, January 2

Parrot on the coffee tree

Oh! Green upon green!
Alive! Red upon trembling red!
Look! Over my head!

Hungry, fluttering
Shrill, caffeinated squawking
Like this tree has bled

Sure, tentative claws
Gripping tree-green with ripped red
Sudden and so rushed!

Flies away, leaving
Stolen tree and berries crushed,
My green and red gust.