(a layered synth track settling underneath)
birds send tweets
ice is scratched from screens
a car door segue-slams
to a trundling wheelie bin
heading streetwise
engines scuttle in the avenue
a streetlamp flickers and floats
an energy saving bleary blue sky
switches on
dinosaur footsteps
crashing overhead
(why do children rush to start the day?)
and before you know it
the song of the
yellowhammer is revealed
as "little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese."
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I love the description of the yellowhammer song :)
ReplyDeleteThe street lamp flickers and floats, great picture, i could see the wheelie bin too, excellent
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to hear a bird sing that! My grandma once had a budgie who said all manner of things: "Good morning! Breakfast!" "Toast!" "Dont be nervous". Clear as a bell. I love your February morning.
ReplyDeleteI would love to wake up and listen to the bird song ~ I can see this clearly ~ Good one ~
ReplyDeleteThe song of the yellowhammer ... I would love to listen to it !!!
ReplyDeleteI love the 'dinosaur footsteps
ReplyDeletecrashing overhead
(why do children rush to start the day?)'!
I am always wondering that when I am not ready to wake up! Lovely writing David. :-)
Amidst all the other sounds and sights of the day, the song of the yellowhammer would be a welcome treat. I enjoyed this!
ReplyDeletesmiles...set up very nicely in the opening...the dinosaur footprints...they work well...and this is the course of life as well...we rush as we are young only to gain wisdom later in life...
ReplyDeleteYou paint a rich and ornate picture.
ReplyDeleteThat's an excellent song.
ReplyDeleteIn the burr of dawn... I love that line. I like how you put your words together...
ReplyDeletean energy saving bleary blue sky
switches on
dinosaur footsteps
crashing overhead
Well done!
Lovely descriptive piece, and thank you for the audio. We dont have those birds here.
ReplyDeletelovely description!
ReplyDeleteI imagined lying in the warm blankets absorbing the sounds of an awakening world. You created the scene with such detail, it was a breeze.
ReplyDeleteI loved the contrast -- the cacophany of birds and the cacophany of city humans -- which leaves me to enjoy both and see both of their insanity and beauty. I'm not left idealizing or judging but instead, feeling.
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