1.30-Minute Soliloquy

A winter day of course

Walking
To my friend Mike’s
For breakfast
To help him move some boxes
He says

To the west toward the river
The sky
Is opaque blue
Behind the trees

It’s winter
I can see the squirrels' nests in the trees
I’m counting five
From where I’m walking
On either side of the street
Now
Seeing more
Two more
As I get to the corner

The neighborhood is full of squirrels

I think they’re
Squirrels’ nests not
Birds’ nests but I’m not
Positive

Then
As I look up higher
The sky
Gets
Whiter