“Dearly Beloved” by George Ella Lyon

Seventy-two years ago today, they married
.            The woodpecker is back at the feeder
Forty-seven times they celebrated this day
.            Cardinals, male and female,
.            peck seeds on the rail
I know where they stood that morning
.            House finch, song sparrow
but cannot imagine where
.            If I step too close to the window
they’ve gone

-George Ella Lyon

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