“Hey!” They shouted in their loud yellow voices.
I had seen them as I whizzed past, but I saw them
as if I’d seen them a hundred times before and not,
as was truly the case, for the very first time this year,
“Hey! You! Hey!” As soon as their call reached me,
I stopped the car, backed up, pulled over and leaped out.
“Hello! Hello!” I sang to them. “You are so beautiful!”
They stood there, beaming, glad someone noticed.
pretending they didn’t care if anyone saw them at all.
But their gladness betrayed them. They wiggled with joy
and proudly posed when I asked to take their picture.