The train’s delayed and while I wait,
I gauge my luck – or lack thereof –
in magpies: the furl of caping wings,
and splay-tailed swoop to perch
high in the winter cage of track-side trees
whose trunks are evergreened by ivy.
The magpies were too far away to get a photo, but this blackbird seemed to think that if he sat still enough I wouldn’t notice him.
don't confuse the narrator 
Um…it’s a female blackbird. X
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Heh. I guess you are right. I don’t know why I thought it was a juvenile, which I thought might account for its less-than-black plumage. But presumably if it were male even a juvenile would have a brighter beak.
I stand corrected. Tnx.
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