Night Birds Poem by Liddy Luu

Around midnight and with the dawn I see them

one by one they come in..

Silent invisible shadows, heads lifting,

sniffing the air..

An invisible conductor tap, taps and

orchestrated sounds of the cult begin

Quiet pandemonium unfolds as I watch,

eyes hungry searching the flock,

not time for me to expose my presence

yet, just wait, wait, not long now

Ahhh here's the one, is it? , is it?

Strutting peakok like among the ordered confusion

Acknowledging, snubbing, playfully teasing

Responding in kind to the greetings, the bowing,

the relentless cow towing

I stare mesmerized, afflicted, addicted,

finally accepting and wearing my night bird patch.

I join the gang


Liddy Lu February 2009