blue heron stands around for breakfast

and then decides, No, I'm full;

a fraction of a second slower

and his wing-beat would send him crashing

back to earth

meanwhile a close relative

leaves a vapor trail;

red tailed hawk collapses like a closing umbrella

and plummets toward a small shivering in the grasses

hunting

and another meanwhile

I place a frozen waffle in the toaster

peel a banana that smells green

don't think of hunting and gathering

smile none the less

daybreak