Vulture Magazine The Michaelmas Issue 2013 | Page 19

Jennifer Cearns
Birdwatcher
Thick hot soup steams from the thermos.
His fleece is frayed at the cuffs, and one
Shoelace is undone. Binoculars mist
With the sweat of his studied industry
As he records with penstrokes the swoop
And rise of buzzards, red kites, hawks.
For three years he has made his own sandwiches,
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