AnalogWe have swallows in our barn. A week ago I found three broken egg shells underneath one of the nests. My birthday was two days ago. All I can remember from my phone call with Joe is the silences.This morning, I heard the call of nestlings begging for food. The sound is a single note …
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May 3rd
May 3rdAlders ring the pasture, unfurl trembling new-green leaves above pink salmon berry flowers.I stand with my arms folded on the half door of the stall.At my back, stored hay that smells like last summer’s heat remembered. The sheep arrange themselves at the mangers. Everyone shoving except for the old ram whose stiff knees counsel …