In today’s sunlit news, this afternoon a feisty titmouse flew to the feeder at my window, pecked seeds from the dwindling suet cake, and got a whole cake corner in his beak. Unheard of. With a triumphant shiver, he leapt off the feeder and swooped like a calligraphy stroke to perch in a nearby nandina bush. Its dark leaves shimmied with the victory. I was so happy for him.
Dawn Sperber is the author of My Bones Are Love Gifts (Shanti Arts, 2022), an illustrated poetry collection, and Now, That's a Trick (Finishing Line Press, 2022), a flash fiction chapbook. She's a writer, editor, and artist, living with a kind dog in Texas. Her writings have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, PANK, Bourbon Penn, Hunger Mountain, Creation Magazine, Boudin, We'Moon and elsewhere. Connect with her at dawnsperber.com, on Instagram @pen.paper.light, Bluesky @dlightly.bsky.social, and Facebook @dawnsperberwriter.