Not Doing Its Job

Fat bird on feeder

Pulls down the squirrel repeller;

Can't figure that out.

Pine cones on the lawn

Replace the whiteness with brown;

Now the sky threatens.

Markers on the trees

Signify something special;

(Don't know what it is.)

Cold and threatening--

Gray the clouds filling the sky;

Maybe snow will come.

Mirror on the rock

That sits on the rushing stream:

Stillness on motion.

Snow covered tarp sits

Beneath the wood it protects.

(Not doing its job).

Bell, X, number, shield:

Rune symbols by the road

Signifying what?

Two old stump buddies

Fall into decrepitude,

Sink into the ground.