20160420 (nope)

Another window at the Heyse Bldg. Note: rock on
sill, hole in screening.

Sure looked like a rat. Careful observation shows it's a bird.
Note the hole in the screening.

Correction 20160419:  On second 

Glance “Ralphie” the rat turned out

To be another of God’s creatures—

A wren whose misfortune is easy

To explain and similarly sad. I

Include a second image, another

Window at the Heyse Building,

Which indicates a similar event.

Rather than all that folderol about

A UWR (Unknown Window Raiser)

And a rat trying to get a view of

Franklin Circle, closer inspection

Reveals the actual happenstance.

As I promised yesterday that I 

Would place an up-close and

Personal photo of the rat to make

My speculation credible, the 

Pictures taken today explain

Both the original misperception

And what really happened as

Any fool (?) can plainly see.  

Clearly the bird resembles

The foreparts of a rat—teeth,

Eyes, head—whose body has been 

Guillotined betwixt the sill and

The sash. Give me that at least.

But since it’s only the corpse 

Of a wren caught between the 

Window frame and the wire

Screening, out goes the UWR

And all that attendant drama.

So how did the bird get in 

There? He/she hopped onto

The wire of the hole above

And fell into the space. He

Or she (she or he?) was unable

By flapping to rise back to the

Exit and expired on the sill.* I

Can find this believable in 

That another window on the

Same level to the left has a 

Rock on its sill with a hole

In the screening above. With

A blog title The Whole Truth

And Nothing But . . . I had no

Choice but to return today with

The real truth however shabbily

It compares to the fairy tale I

Wove yesterday. Even as I 

Discovered my error I thought

“How did these holes get here

In the first place,” and “How

Did the rock break the screen

But not the window glass?”

Which led me to the speculation

“Who would stand here for the 

Better part of a day trying to 

Throw a stone through the small

Hole in the screen?” Right now 

You're probably wondering, 

“How much time has this

Dude got on his hands to

Think about shit like this?” 

You’ve got to understand

I’m retired but I’m not dead.

I have the time both to notice

And to think about small

Discrepancies in the nature

Of things. Not to place myself

On a plane with greater thinkers,

But Copernicus, Galileo, Newton,

And Einstein thought long and

Hard about incidental deviations

To momentous effect. It’s my

Nature, and it’s served me 

Damn well through the years,

Thank you.

c. J.S.Manista, 2016

*For comparison see the event http://filosuferz.blogspot.com/2016/03/20160312-racket.html