After a hiatus, July POEMS

                                                   Mom's begonia, still blooming


Catching
a squirrel eating
suet! I bang the glass
of the window; it scampered down,
away.
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Extreme
mid-day heat. Blue
jay rests in the leafy
shade close to the suet feeder.
("My turn?")
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Hanging
the suet cake
just right allows two birds
to eat at one time: cardinal,
sparrow.
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I walk
across kitchen
with a full cuppa joe
and--at 83--do not spill
a drop!
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Fighting
the petrified
peel of the sweet orange
sold in a bag of post-dated
apples.
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Redbird
on tricycle
handle. One flesh-and-blood,
the other a wrought-iron, outdoors
feature.
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