Can you imagine?

Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus

I see her visit often.
Yet, each time, my eyes follow.
As the broad black and white wings flash,
and fold neatly aside a tall tree.

And, I wonder, as I stop and stare,
years ago, what it must have been like.
To watch them without wonder,
knowing there would always be
ivory bills on broad flashing wings.

Can you imagine?


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