Near and Far

From the windows of my room it seems motionless, the baby sparrow in its nest among the branches of the plane tree. The cat is circling the plane tree in the courtyard of the house. From the windows of my room it seems motionless like a stone, like a dead thing, the baby sparrow in its nest. In the courtyard of the house the cat is trying to reach the nest clawing its way up the tree....