Bird Muse #2:\u00a0\u00a0 The Cardinals<\/p>\n
Frannie Z<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He is a tease.<\/p>\n
He flows red across the lawn<\/p>\n
and glimmers into the highest tree.<\/p>\n
But when you think you\u2019ve spotted him,<\/p>\n
he races away.<\/p>\n
You\u2019d swear he\u2019s laughing,<\/p>\n
but you\u2019re not quite sure<\/p>\n
how a cardinal laughs.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
His wife knows.<\/p>\n
She flies over and around.<\/p>\n
Never quite with him \u2013<\/p>\n
why make it easy?<\/p>\n
She shunts back and forth<\/p>\n
on the branches near him,<\/p>\n
sliding off a small twig-end,<\/p>\n
then edging the far leaves<\/p>\n
Overhead.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In autumn they both march their red<\/p>\n
and red brown, respectively,<\/p>\n
into piles of darker red,<\/p>\n
as if to match and challenge.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the male\u2019s metallic \u201cthrip\u201d<\/p>\n
you hear when you try to search<\/p>\n
them by sound.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But you could swear,<\/p>\n
from the way she flaunts<\/p>\n
her spins<\/p>\n
while prodding the nest,<\/p>\n
as if to sharpen her breadth<\/p>\n
of bearing<\/p>\n
-even though the books don\u2019t say-<\/p>\n
That it would be the female<\/p>\n
Who sings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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