It’s silly to talk to the peach tree
about future pies, that’s why
we have portfolio managers
for those who want to get ahead
which can be hell on a good night’s sleep.
Birds ease into the morning,
they take it one sunrise at a time. Einstein
was interested in the future
but said the speed of light being constant,
we’d have to live into it.
For the Black-headed Grosbeak,
who’s in my fruit tree
the pie is now. So I’m learning to live
into seventy-one with a bird
whose only plan is flying
between peaches.