The Fall of the Egg
A Blackbird seeks out
another bird’s weakness,
(fly nest, die nest,
you’d better get away to another)
Sparrow, why did you throw away your egg?
Now you beg,
but I know that
you’re marrying the Blackbird
(give the word: scurry, hurry,
find another home)
Then a peck, claw (what’s the law?)
Make another egg
for the Blackbird
(chase an egg, make it drop away
to the black day)
Die nest,
Another fell away.
Copyright © Garth Von Buchholz | Year Posted 2016
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