Voices Rise Like Blue Jays

Voices rise like Blue Jays

Swarming a garden and

Claiming their territory

Even from each other,

Except the sound is soft

And quiet, passing only

Between select ears, for

Now, but, later, for other

Ears teased by slippery

Tongues passive but as

Aggressive as those Jays

Claiming their territory

In what should be the

Realm’s version of the

Garden Of Eden, the

Coffee hour following

Worship and later.