From our kitchen window sill
even our shortest pets
can enjoy bird watching:
Great Tit, Blue Tit, Marsh Hen,

inspiring early this morning
before the sun appeared
some of our gerbil hims
to put on drag and play Bearded Titmouse

until one, ‘Beefy Karel’, went to change in
what looked like a little phone booth,
closed the door, hit the switch…
Microwave! A Crisp Mass Karel!