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 As it got colder by day, more birds showed up Making their appearance, whether they needed food or not. There was a large supply of berries on the nearby holly bush. One day a woodpecker – with a red head. Probably the most rare. The cardinals and blue jays. then finally the hawk perched on a fence, peering for prey. I believe it was the squirrel or his cousins the chipmunks nearby. His eye was focused – would they be fatally careless? The hawk waited, it seemed as long as possible. For any of ten thousand reasons chose to jump from the fence and fly towards the meadow. Maybe it was the blue jays and their calls. Or the cardinals, about three pair situated here. But by sunset there was not a sign of life. Just the blackness of the days after the Autumn equinox. The next morning I got up to refill the birdfeeder. Scene explodes before my eyes with no time to realize it was a diversion, just a disguise to block the sight of the firestorm. It all started many years ago after I heard the ticking on my radio. a committee would tell me go or no go, before I saw the firestorm. Then it was burning like a hurricane, flames were falling like the pouring rain, after MAD got detained. He must have seen the firestorm. Later they said radioactivity was mostly our responsibility. Reducing worldwide longevity. Try to avoid the firestorm. |
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