October:
feral parakeets eat
new grwoth sprouting from our chestnut tree -
the change we made happen
now bites back.
As a kid, we often went to forests or parks in autumn to search for acorns and chestnuts. We'd make animal figures from them at home. With those wooden toothpicks you had back then, which could also be used for that olive in a cocktail. And right now, this October - autumn in the Northern Hemisphere - I still have the urge to pick up the freshly dropped and shine chestuts in the park. They are there in abundnace, again. But, I can't remember if I have ever seen before: a second flowering of a chestnut tree before. And that's what's happening now as well. At first I noticed it because of the leaf sprouts on the sidewalk. That's a typical spring thing to happen, so I was a bit confused. When the leaves start sprouting, the feral parakeets come to feast on this delicious snack, spilling lots on the ground below.
We have had an impact on the planet we live on. We invited the bird in and set them free. We burned fossil fiels, and now our trees are confused. Things change. Now it's up to us to act if we want the change to not go further, and to adapt to a new reality.
Like what you see? Become a Trpplr. You will support me in making more poetry and newsletter issues, and you will get a voice in who gets the monthly poetry grant. Subscribe to my hypersub now:
Poésie de la vie
Feral parakeets. Not the ones in our garden, but just to get an idea.
