Throwing at Birds

being hit

by a stone

being shot.

put on ice.

the long trip into

it. the rest of it.

getting up.

getting fed.

jumping off

the

branch. warm

blooded

bird. you know

you keep warm, too?

but mammals are throwers. toolmakers. builders.

agrarians. husbanders.

freeloaders. killers.

gamblers.

at the end of

that agrarian

day: we all say

Bet i can hit that bird?