woodpeckers

I thought
for years
that the cause of the
dis
con
nec
tion
was the lightning storm
overhead

But the storm passed
and I still couldn't get through

Kicking through the garden
past the debris
I found the severed wires
meticulously cut
and surveillance
footage
of your shadow
stacking 2 by 4s
to make your wall

You watched from your
bush hideout
as I discovered
the thousand tiny acts
of sabotage
as I looked at you
and nodded,
watching the woodpeckers
descend
on the construction
looking for your grubs