![Freeway Bird](https://www.thetembo.com/clip/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0002_FreewayBird-4096x2731.jpg)
Bird still, on a chain-link fence,
Its backyard interstate, racing whence.
![](https://www.thetembo.com/clip/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0006_GiantCentipede-scaled.jpg)
Shimmy of shiny reflection exposed,
Disappears menacingly into dark holes.
![Goldfinch Pair](https://www.thetembo.com/clip/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0020_FinchPair-scaled.jpg)
Finch pair perches, differences abide,
Surveying the same differently, side by side.
![Golden Puffball](https://www.thetembo.com/clip/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0091_GoldenPuffball-4096x2731.jpg)
Golden downy tuft of fluff,
A thorny thistle once sheathed it tough.
![Diamond Back](https://www.thetembo.com/clip/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0027_DiamondBackRattlerCloseup.jpg)
Diamond-studded viper lies in wait,
serpentines away when I don’t take the bait
![Scrub Jay](https://www.thetembo.com/clip/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0043_ScrubJay-scaled.jpg)
Jay chased from its day,
squabbles at me, “Get out of my way”
![Orb Weave Spider in Web](https://www.thetembo.com/clip/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0055_Web-4096x2731.jpg)
Cross king centered on its thrown,
the threaded palace is its home.
![Kit Rabbit](https://www.thetembo.com/clip/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0088_Baby.jpg)
Wide-eyed kit sits alone,
Naive to a world, it’ll barely know.
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River lake to the ocean wends,
Under a sea of fog, it ends.
Taking photos, leaving only prints,
You now have the record of my stint.