Small brown birds
busily pecking up
tiny seeds from the sand –
they do not let up,the male bird is slightly larger
and darker on top
than his rather drab mate
but together they hop,
across earth red bricks
warmed by the sun
into gold winter grass,
birds twitter, bees hum.
Doves and weaver birds
join the sparrows on the grass,
they mingle quite happily
as seeds and ants are not sparse.
Mousebirds hang from stems
of nearby chilli bushes,
eating the ripe fruit
whose fire causes hot flushes.
The mauve/grey doves
finish feeding and relax
huddling down in a sand patch
dappled sun on their backs.
It is late afternoon
and the weather is a balm
twirls of mare’s tail clouds
in a sky blue and calm.
A beautiful autumn day
coloured green, brown and gold
lush foliage, dusty earth
and the blooms of marigold.
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