Monday, November 4, 2024

A Cardinal Encounter

Behind a fence were piles of leaves

The trees had lately shed

And as I passed, my eye picked up

A flash of something red.

 

I stopped and looked and out it popped,

An unexpected sight –

A cardinal, enrobed in red,

Which filled me with delight.

 

I don’t believe, as many do,

This sighting signified

A visit from the dead or that

Good luck was thus implied.

 

I rarely see this bird, though,

Yet my morning did begin

With a cardinal encounter

Nowhere near the Vatican.

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