CARDINAL SONG

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I love cardinals

almost everyone who knows me knows I do

Besides being so lovely,

 their call is glorious and intense

I will often sit on my porch and when I hear them near

I will mimic a whistle to them

at least that's what I thought 

until

one day not long ago

I was sitting in my unfinished room with no glass in the windows

and I hear the familiar song off in the distance

so I whistle back

(it's always fun to see if you can create a revelry)

and then

I hear footsteps crunching in the new gravel down the street

and I hear a guy, a kid really

clear his throat

and begin to 

whistle....

like a cardinal...

...almost as good as me

I know we have cardinals around, I have seen them,

but I could not help but laugh 

and wonder

if me

and this kid

have been singing to each other all along