fifty million birds in the trees\npush push\nthey\u2019re impatient to get on with spring\nand all together chatter and sing\n\nfifty million specks in the trees\npush push\nbold and lean bellies eager for seeds\nfrom trees still to leaf in greens\n\nfor the last time this year\nthe moon\ncollapses in on itself\n\nfifty million screams of joy and release\npush push\nswirling around me as the sun holds out\njust a little longer each day\n\nfor the last time this year\nthe moon\ncollapses in on itself\n\nepw 3.26.08 perrysburg, oh