Backyard Physics
A poem.
February 28, 2013
Backyard Physics
In a burst
of aerial artistry
a fat-tailed squirrel
seizes the rim
of the birdfeeder
hurls himself
around in the air
body stretched taut
as he turns in the gyre
of his own momentum
centrifugal force
dislodging the seed
now spewing
furiously
in all directions
manna milled
in the whirlwind
of his wheeling.