Wind Surfing

A spring squall comes off the ocean
like a three-year old with a temper,
surf's up, and evergreen boughs dance
with a gust of wind.

Birds at the feeder flush up
and catch a dancing branch
for a belly churning carnival ride.

Wind-waves calm, the boughs settle down,
birds flitter back to the feeder perch
until the next breaker crashes in,
and the feeder birds go out on a limb.