NEIGHBORS
The house finches are back! They
Did not wait for spring.
On February’s bitter days
They flitted insouciantly
In and out and about the
Prickly arms of my spruce tree,
Several of them for a while,
Last year’s nestlings perhaps,
Until an agreement was reached:
This year’s duo domiciled.
Meanwhile March has bustled in
With transient snow and wind.
Now that spring is in the air
They’re a happily settled pair.
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