Words Of Encouragement

c’mon!
you can do it!
rise and shine, girl.

nope.
i’m comfortable
right here in my bed.

c’mon!
time’s a’wasting!
the world’s your oyster!

nope.
go away. leave me.
mumble, mumble, mumble.

c’mon!
i brought donuts!
and coffee with Baileys.

nope.
wait. did you say
donuts? Baileys? i’m up.

  

Songbird

Sleeping with wide open windows

In La Antigua de Guatemala

Night murmurs offer lullabies.

Alarm clocks are unnecessary.

Songbirds, first one, then a

Chorus begin telling the

Stories of their lives.

The shrill one is my avian

Doppelgänger, repeating

Her story ad nauseum.

Occasionally, though, she

Touches my heart, punctuating

Her song with, “please see me?”