Nest
Hawk-like gaze
Conveys unphased
A calculated expedition
An adventure equipped for
Carefully
Where we took pictures
And pulled red yarn
Around nails and targets
There came one now
Staking out the scene
On a condo in some second floor
Bare-carpeted with exposed beams
Here in the nest you’ve seen
Everyone on the sidewalk below
A rifle put together
On the window
Black and white photographs
Coded four digit numbers
Of priority when you
Finally arrived to set scenes
In revolt against
A contracted slaying
Red yarn nest trails
Not speaking but staying on
Watch at the windows
Where I took the photographs
And set them up
Around the frame and sill
Where we watched for hours
At the people below
Waiting for the right one
To foolishly show
That hawk-like gaze
Had once cracked many safes
And solved too much
Calculus before
And now here with a rifle
The red yarn and photos
A hawk watches and waits
From its nest with steady patience
great poem
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