Storked

Besides Foia and several
of her shyer
and more subordinate
sisters ..
The skyline around here
is still
dominated by the huge
redbrick
chimneys that once
served our
local canning industry
so well ..
Tirelessly fueling the very
heart of it
throughout golden years ..
Now tho’
redundant, yet still they
stand tall,
majestic and proud ..
Fingering
sky in a way that only they
can finger sky ..
And then, shamelessly
point
toward heaven like that ..
Invariably
crowned by huge and
seemingly
permanent structures ..
Now serving
to provide individual
residences
for our snow white
cegonhas
plus one or two fat
overwintered
fledglings .. Each already
hooked
on discarded junk food
and all
without ever realising
the white fish,
anchovies and sardinhas
have never
had it so good in living history ..