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First Warm Day
by
Donal Mahoney

Great joy today.
The sun and the breeze
have the mockingbird
flitting from branch
to branch, warning
the other birds.

My wife fills the feeder
with thistle and sits
on the bench with
the cat at her feet
making ablutions.
From the kitchen
I watch goldfinches
thrive on the thistle.

An old stewing hen
bubbles on the stove.
Tonight it will arrive
with a cast of dumplings
big as the clouds.

The radio bleats
the Cardinals have lost
to the Pirates.
On a day like today
who can possibly care.

--Submitted by Donal Mahoney on 2015-04-25.

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