Trees

I love looking at the late winter trees.

Naked.

Branches sketching an intricate skeleton

Just like

The lungs or the brain

of a Gunther von Hagens

Exposed

For all

to see.

birds settle on the branches.

they lark and fight for space,

taking comfort in the company of the flock

That is

until it is morning

when they fly away to look

for

Food.