i dressed as the sky today
for a walk white cloud in blue
and watched birds circling pelicans
of gentle glides and clumsy turns
hawks with rusted weather vanes
seagulls testing klaxons
staring up i spun to walk
and startled to the call
of a friend who reliably collides
with me every three years
out for a run. we walked
and talked the difficulties
of life, of living
together, of attention
when a sidewalk spray said
"UFOS ARE NO BETTER"