the ache of February ~ ‎‎‏‏‎ ‎

my, how the birds' calls work collaterally to

form something savage on overcast days

a cacophony of choral sounds, a canopy

of chirping and croaks, a debilitating

yearning in the way their voices

come together

indifferent among the trees, each

voice carries another's, slipstreams of

sounds reaching doorsteps, the ears of

the neighborhood ringing,

ringing,

with the indiscriminate ache

of February, a form of tinnitus

often misunderstood

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