The Morning Porch

Dave Bonta August 24, 2021

A stratum of sunlit leaves forming in the forest understory. A cicada wakes up. Under the house, something coughs.

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Breezy, cool and clear, with chimney swifts circling high overhead and a single raven hurtling past without flapping a wing.
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Foggy at dawn for the wood thrush’s solo. The wild garlics are beginning to raise their egret heads.
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Overcast and cool. Two deer run into the woods as another snorts alarm up in the field. Another hummingbird buzzes me, ruby gorget ablaze.
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Gnats backlit by the sun fly back and forth, reversing direction without slowing down even the slightest. The kak-kak-kak of a Cooper’s hawk.
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After days of humidity, a dry high. A bumblebee lands on the sunny side of a porch column and cleans her antennae.