Grackle Invasion
It was a Robin neighbourhood
With muted chirps and songs
Gentle hops through grasses
As couples raised families among us.
Smaller visitors would scoot through
Warblers and wrens
Popping by for a quick visit
Before continuing on in chirpy peace.
But the Grackles have moved in
Robin family evicted
Replaced by the trash
Chacking loudly from rooftop perches
Where Robin mates longingly beckon
Grackles are teenage thugs
Street cornered on fence posts
Pausing from Grackle smokes
Long enough to catcall passers by
MONDAY…
--- Blown out in ball. First lose of the season between two different teams… so not the end of the world. But not a game that’s very enjoyable. And it always drives me nuts to give up a tonne of runs and then have a player on the team talk about how we played pretty good defensively. Just too stupid.
TUESDAY…
--- Regular work day. Not much else going on.
WEDNESDAY…
--- Wings with Christine before our ball game. We even go to the field early and hit the ball around a bit. A good game. We probably won as big today as we lost on Monday.
THURSDAY…
--- Much like Tuesday.
FRIDAY…
--- Exhausted after work. This latent work runs me down through a week. It’s pretty intense. Just relax in the evening.
SATURDAY…
--- I can’t sleep in anymore. A problem with the switch to straight days instead of mixing in the overnight shift. I’m up by 7:00 this morning. Awake even earlier than that.
--- No walk today but I do mow and weed the lawns. The mowing isn’t much of an effort on so little grass but when the weeding is added to the mix, it tires me out some… and I spend much of the rest of the afternoon snoozing on the sofa.
--- Out to the movies with a few friends tonight. The new Mad Max movie is a load of action and quite entertaining.
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