during a break my coworker demonstrates a birdcall app on his iPad
mountainous lockers loom in the distance
bulletin board papers dance like leaves in the air conditioner’s breeze
his iPad burbles like a startled barred owl
it burbles again
my dangling lanyard is a fleeing mouse that shakes with my laughter
his iPad emits a serious screech that plummets into a chuckle
and the refrigerator mocks it with a groan and a clink
as it births another ice cube
even after returning to work I hear birdcalls
in the jingle of change as a lady digs through her pocketbook
the elevator’s sing sing when it takes off
computer keys hurriedly clacking messages
flocks of fingers stroke the spines of books
when the pages flutter open the reader takes flight
