Sue Neufarth Howard
ROOSTING
 
Sue Neufarth Howard
 
Pink-orange dusk,
bare, black, silhouetted branches,
transformed in a flash,
each limb bearing solid
leaf-like form, full-leafed
image of summer.
 
Reunited, warm, welcoming
voices break out...after work
party time, a thousand raconteurs
crowing over country conquests,
pandemonium of loquacity,
dialogues superimposed.
 
Congregates rise up in a cloud,
flying polka dots,
dance in group,
a rhythm pattern,
returning to perch between sets,
talk in strident, shrill notes, celebrating
warm, exciting, winter city nights
together.