2000/2ndqtr/plummet

This quiet spring morning,
unimpaired by the stock market
plummet,
the oak outside the door
as still as a photo.
A white chair on the deck
calls attention to itself,
hoping to become a painting.

The orioles have nested already
in the palm.
I have two nests on the shelf
which they built last year,
before the cat chased them away.
We are hoping for a luckier year,
a safer one,
tech stocks soaring,
orioles laying eggs.

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