Summer afternoon—
 
a birdbath without water
 
still attracts a crow.

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Overcast morning—
 
a crow on the backyard fence
 
blends in with the fog.

 
 
 

If you choose not to,
 
crow from the distant mountain,
 
who will go with me?

 
 
 

Sizzling afternoon—
 
the Mexican gardener
 
quarrels with a crow.

 
 
 

While I eat my lunch,
 
a crow on my backyard fence
 
begs for a handout.

 
 
 

Eucalyptus tree—
 
from the topmost branch a crow
 
keeps his eyes on me.

 
 
 

I hear your rasping,
 
crow in my neighbor’s oak tree—
 
or is it the wind?