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Trickle-Down Economics

It’s war
plain and simple
when I fill the feeder
 
out in the sycamore
with millet and niger
and sunflower seed.
 
Back in the house
I stare out the window
and watch juncos
 
and chickadees bicker
on the perch, spilling
more than they eat.
 
Cardinals and jays
drive them away, argue
and spill even more.
 
Then starlings take over,
and like rice at a wedding,
seed fills the air
 
pleasing the doves below.
They walk like old nuns
and peck at the manna.
 
 
Donal Mahoney

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