I decide to cook scrambled eggs for breakfast today

Eating on the balcony while watching the world go by

Like any city, Miami is full of life and activity

Always some thing new to discover

I notice a small group gathered across the street

Maybe a dozen folks setting up cameras and reflectors

Somebody appears to be in charge

Giving direction to the others

Although most of them seem to be standing about drinking coffee

A lady in a green dress makes multiple strolls by the corner

As cameras click away from various angles

No logos on trucks means this is not a news crew

A low budget film or documentary perhaps

The whole event only lasts fifteen minutes

Gear rapidly packed into an unmarked white van

Perhaps they are moving to another part of the city

To shoot the next scenes of this mystery production

I close my eyes to focus on the sounds of the city

Trying to dissect the components of the broken silence

Intermittent drilling of construction noise as metal hammers concrete

The steady rumble of traffic from cars rolling along the street

Rubber on road combined the roar of engines

The electric vehicles emit hardly any sound at all

Whilst the throaty V8’s on shiny sports cars yell out “look at me”

Occasional motorcyclists make the most noise

Blipping their engines to warn others of their presence

The traffic noise comes in waves with periodic lulls

There is however one constant background sound

Birds singing from the trees below

A never ending chatter of tweets and shrieks

I open my eyes to look for the birds

Mostly invisible on their perches they are seldom to be seen

Except when a large flock of parakeets takes to the wing

Flying between buildings with shrieks with laughter

They fly by me close enough to make eye contact

I wonder what they are all laughing about

Do they find the film crew on the corner to be hilarious

Perhaps they are poking fun at all the humans in their habitat

Laughing at the silly bugger on the balcony eating scrambled eggs and writing scrambled words