The day after Hurricane Irene comes & blows & goes.
Snapped branches litter the sidewalks.
Sky clear & crisp & blue as water.
Sparrows flit from branch to branch.
The canal sparkles with later summer early morning light.

Crow conference in the big tree out back first off this morning.
Bumble bees busy at work on the yellow & pink flowers.
Sunlight streaming all over the day.
Green-eyed cat about me.
Swollen, filthy pitbull with scabby skin lounging in the morning sun.