classic drone series (number 3)2:00 pm (october 22, 1999)sandhill cranes gabbling high aboveinvisible in autumn's blue depthsa pair of crows shout at each otheracross the open fieldsnapping red-winged grasshoppers describea series of brief arcs, from there to theretheir smaller kin lie hiddendiscreetly hissing in the black gramathe lanky stalks tremble and sigha dozen piñon jays stir the