Presumed To Have Fledged, An Extreme Case Of Hatching Asynchrony In A Pair Of Tree Swallows - A Found Poem, Also A Murmuration Comments

[NOTE: This found poem derives from a scientific article found in The Migrant, a journal dedicated to the study of birds, all observations of and conclusions derived so far as birds go, being continually mysterious even though the understanding of flight and song is now clear, even so there is something about birds, and sparrows in particular, which evoke stunned mystery and silence until humans are moved to chirp and coo in soft wonder. Note too that thunder, similar though differently to birds, also evokes wonder and certain human sounds. Tis indeed a mystery. The account of these sparrow eggs is by David A. Aborn. You may read his account (reconfigured below with a few poetic changes) at academia. edu.]

for Elaine,
our many murmurations gazed on the way to Christmas Lourdes
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