Humming while walking

taking notes
becoming music
while walking

singing inward
humming outward
and still walking

crossing granite bedrock

hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm

once heard a bear humming
past the hide we sat in
then rising on its hind legs
rubbing against a dry resinous pine

even softer
mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm

a green woodpecker close by
klee klee klee klee klee klee

—a woodpigeon
coo coo co coo-coo, coo coo co coo-coo, coo