In 1820, English writer Charles Caleb Colton penned the now often quoted (and almost as often misspoken) line "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."  At times, though, I wonder where imitated behavior first appeared; who is imitating whom?
     The following haiku - actually, double haiku - was written in 2012 after my daughter noticed  and compared two seemingly separate behaviors.  The title for the piece was obvious, at least to me.

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

 

Sara notices

birds in a frenzied panic

as rain approaches.

 

They are, she muses,

as people buying bread and

milk before snowstorms.