Brian Christopher Giddens, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org Literary Arts Journal Fri, 30 Dec 2022 19:17:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Brian Christopher Giddens, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org 32 32 199531397 Foreign Language https://hyacinthreview.org/brian-christopher-giddens-foreign-language/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brian-christopher-giddens-foreign-language Wed, 08 Feb 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3916 Foreign Language

A murder of crows circle the old oak umbrella,
Their boisterous caws filling the dusky sky
As they assemble for their nightly happy hour.

I walk, uninvited, under their meeting tree
Dog in tow, towed by dog,
An outsider to the party.

What do they chat about, with such fervor?
Changes in the weather? Their crazy kids?
Slothful colleagues? New nesting plans?

Or perhaps crows speak of higher things.

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