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Unseen jet fading.

"Of course Henry James had talent, but he makes one work too hard for such a small result."
—@ivycomptonburnett.bsky.social

He thanks the kitten.

"Reconciliation

If you piss off a crow—even accidentally—
maybe throw a pinecone in its direction
while scaring a squirrel from the bird feeder,

I’m told it will remember your face
and its grievance;
it will assemble friends

and instruct them in your wrongs.
Together as a mob, they will
berate and scold you, dive

bomb and follow you. They will
remember it next week,
next month, next year,

maybe even for the next ten years.
But if you are nice to a crow,
leave it a peanut, say,

or just greet it in a friendly tone, it will
hold your gaze to judge
your intent, then might come

closer, might even talk back,
converse about the day.
If you make such kindness a practice,

gifts could appear:
a screw, a piece of broken glass,
a paper clip or round stone,

or even something that you lost,
you had no idea where, and thought
you’d never get back again."

—Suzanne Matson in Tar River Poetry

We Speak in Kazoo.