four degrees

four degrees.morning magpies.tiny birds the colour of bark.plane drones north.brothers heavy step.radio burbles bad news bad newsbad news. rooster calls hens. fertility rites.coiled rope. magpies and crows.aerial combat.feather fight.lone car scrunches down dirt track.slow.trees cast frost shadows.how do I have my tea? winter smoke rises.blue.joins clouds.crow.cockatoos scrape the sky.wrens needle calls sew down the edges of morning.crow.crow.crow voices die with distance.