cardinal

twittering cardinal

broad and poppy

on the fence posts darts

and slides with its mate

this trilling frolic

the grouse remains strained and stifled

poised as some plodding eggplant

fed to the particulate screen

which beams its attraction

pacifying the most jagged crags of  its desire

smoothing and dampening the most horrific descents

allowing for the disaster of contentment

without being realized.