Sophisticated Instinct
In northern Michigan
the sweep of winds
forces the spread-winged goshawks,
shredding their grasshoppers,
to sit in the shade of fences.
They eat with easy purpose,
watching the white smoke
of men hunting
the flying birds.
Stuart Friebert
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