Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Deck 10:40am

The Scraggly Apple

is a stunted tree

in My Back Yard —

The Only Tree

within Our Boundaries

used by various types of birds

as a deck-side outpost

for viewing and warbling:

I’ve seen Jays, Robins

Grackles, Sparrows, Warblers

and once a small Woodpecker

— anything heavier

would not be given perch

by Its nearly leafless

lichen-covered

branches