when we came home
from our camping
weekend, there he was
hanging out in the
pine trees slated for
clear cutting
in these trees he’s loved
for years, where I too
have loved watching him
soon his mate appears
and they swoop
from tree to tree
and I hope to God
there is no little
owlet tucked away
in the safety of
a doomed tree
Common Threads 
There is an owl that lives across the bayou that my neighbor raised as an owlet. He calls for her each night. Leo is afraid of owls since he heard this one. We have to tell him that owls cannot cross over water.
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Margaret, I’m laughing! It reminds me of when my grandson was little and was scared that monsters and robbers would break in. We got a can of air freshener and labeled it “Monster and Robber Spray” and treated the room at bedtime. He slept peacefully. I’m now imagining a can of “owl spray.” You made me laugh – I had a vision of wet wings plunging into the bayou.
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