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Ultimate Connectivity:        a Bird in the Hand (2025 Chicago poetry tour edit) Janet Kuypers 8/12/25 (from a 10/7/16 poem) So after a night camping at Bryce National Canyon I got out of my tent in the morning and a few little birds fluttered by. Now, one seemed to hang out a little too close, so I put some grain in the palm of my hand, stretched out my forearm and remained perfectly still. Almost on cue, less than two minutes later the bird landed on the palm of my hand and enjoyed the bounty I gave them And suddenly I felt like I was Mother Earth, I could stretch out my arms like a scarecrow but this time the animals wouldn’t be afraid, and with my outstretched arms, I would give them food, and shelter, and love. And maybe that was when I twitched my finger, or else I was out of food, but the next thing I knew, my three inch little bird took a step or two along my palm and across my fingers before it flew away.

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