Blackbirds

walking through the woods 
Jack leaps over fallen logs,
looking for squirrels..
a family of deer watch us
I count 8 
they blend in so well with the trees..
there are probably more than 8..
we walk under a canopy of low hanging limbs into an opening,
a green field before us 
hundreds of Blackbirds cover the ground..
Jack runs toward them 
when they take off in unison they make a huge shadow on the ground,
for a moment blocking out the slow rising morning sun..
they alight in the large Oak ..

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