the daily mix of seed and mash deposited
inside your wire enclosure
fenced to keep the cat out not you in
click and chirrup as you circle
quizzical as I mimic you
in the scramble for the feed
you walk over my feet
eyes targeting the largest corn amongst the seed
a sudden dart extracts that morsel with precision
the focus of your greed
I reach into the nest
a perfect bowl lined with lilac feathers
and collect two pale blue eggs
to complete the exchange