John Berry’s most recent poem to appear here was “Robert and Walt in the Dark” (May 2015).
Beaking
By John Berry
Some scientists
will tell you
when grackles sit
at a feeder
they raise their beaks
and puff up their feathers
to appear to be large
and impressive.
I say grackles
amuse themselves,
knowing full well
they need no theories
to figure us out.