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