Everything important, he declared,
should happen on a Tuesday.
Wednesday, he explained, was saddled
with a deep burden of middleness,
rendering it unfit for much else.
Friday simply couldn’t be trusted,
since five o’clock everywhere came earlier
and earlier each year it seemed.
The weekend was for battling Sabbaths
and there would be no winners there,
merely heavenly losers.
Mondays were out since so many
were halfway along in it before
they were willing to admit
that it had begun, and Thursday,
well, what can you say about Thursday
that hasn’t been written
and said far too many time already.
Tuesday
CROW DANCE
Sunday
They gather in the trees
remarkably silent
one speaks
their morning prayers
and they
return home.
Monday
Only three arrive
to commentate
our morning walk.
We appreciate
the silence.
Tuesday
There is a reason
for all
sentient creatures
but the crow
tests our credulity.
Wednesday
A wintered branch
breaks
under the weight
of the blackness.
There is much
gnashing of wing.
Thursday
A single bird
seems pitiable
and lonley
but we lack
avian compassion.
Friday
The usual
morning cacaphony
but why are they
so happy
it is Friday?
Saturday
Would that they
were ravens
and would heed
my entreaty
Nevermore!