Observations on a Crowded Sky

Military jets at 50,000 feet

     leaving trails of mystery

too heavy to move

Commercial planes at 5,000 feet

     prepare for delivering 

anxious tourists 

Black birds at 500 feet

     heading east en masse

never finish the sunset 

Hummingbirds at 30 feet,

     our empty feeder

long forgotten 

Gnats circle at 20 feet,

    frantic action

with no collisions

Charcoal and lighter fluid drifts at 10 feet,

     the neighbors dinner 

ready in one hour

Dragonflies at 2 feet

     buzzing the lawn

for dinner

     

 The dog and I at Ground Zero,

     eyes skyward,

earthbound.

Ken Owen   
Van Niddy Press   September 2017