It is April 7.
Outside my window
Three flowering crabapple trees
Hold their annual feast.
A regal waxwing flock
Crowns the lacy treetop,
Claiming the dried fruit
In their new kingdom.
Robins and cardinals politely
Give them free reign.
Soon they will be gone
As quickly as they came.

Gail adds, "This annual ritual always gets my attention -- it's another rite of spring."

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