he could hear the hawk cry but he struggled to determine from where  

after twenty minuteswatching smaller birds avoiding it his best guess was a date palm somewhere up in its crown

he or she was agitated cried once or twice a minute

a date palm not where he was from he enjoyed fig trees and their fruit took walks at lunch pilfered the neighbourhood figs then walked down to the creek that ran through the heart of the town at the Missions feet where aged figs grew and helped himself to them
                         people glared he didnt let glares agitate himtheir agitation he was too busy enjoying picking and eating fresh figs

twentythirty minutes of bawling the hawk fell out of the date like a stonespread it wings and veered onehundredeighty degreesgliding up into sunlitblue sky his or her effortlessness and beauty stunned him always did

he had an innate attachment to hawks  fellow earthlings

anhe  terribly feeble if he were to make a comparison

as the hawk climbed a pair of hummingbirds entered the vacated space the crowns of the palm and cypress that stood guard to either side of it

                          tenants play when the landlord leaves

he wondered if he had recorded the hawks cries and played them if the hummers would know he was fucking around with them

             amusing himself he mimicked its cry               

Nada

       they probably amused themselves Stupid human he didnt think theyd be gauche and muse him an asshole

thats called entertainmenthe called it entertaining and free if one was willing to spend time

he pushed back against the thought of changing the hummingbirds into hawks Abracadabra 

                                                                                                  or Drizzle drazzle drazzle drone  Mr Wizard  Abracadabra was more wistfulmagical and since neither was his tongue he supposed he could pray maybe that would get Gawds attention Who prayed for transformations  Could be an interesting gambit  otherwise where did the unicorn or platypus come from 

he wasnt praying

his parents prayed hed accept God



that didnt work


the hawk a speck disappeared behind a ridge that consumed the view south

1538,  Monday,  9  3. 20

1359.  Saturday,  5  9. 20

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