in new york in 2018 a black-capped chickadee

was audially captured for four minutes

and fifty-seven seconds

sounding  nothing if not tired and bored

“here i/am now/[pause]/here i/am now/[pause]/

here i/am now/[pause]/here i/am now/[pause]/”

little johnnie four-note

with almost nothing to say

..

but isn’t it a miracle:

you can think of a bird, any bird

and do a search for “[bird] birdsong”

and in less than a minute

that bird will sing

only for you