Birdfeeding

Today is chilly, breezy, and gray.  It rained yesterday and last night.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a pair of house finches, a small flock of mourning doves, several sparrows, a brown thrasher, and a robin.

Poem: "Make It Worth Their While"

This poem is spillover from the February 2021 crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by discussions with dialecticdreamer. It is posted here as a Mother's Day gift for Shirley Barrette. This poem belongs to the Finn Family and Mercedes threads of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem contains some touchy topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes confusion, lack of knowledge and resources, references to getting beaten up, past abuse in foster care, followed by running away from foster care, reluctance to ask for or even accept help, body dysphoria due to crayon hair, worry, references to hostility against crayon soups, upset leading to jumping rope to burn off the outrage, consensual hair-touching, sensory issues, rude language, touch starvation, possible zetetic issues, reference to inhalant drug abuse, traumatic stress, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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