Afternoon Birds

Afternoon Birds Babies, your tummies know it’s 5 o’clock, and so Fill them please with many seeds, And fill me with your trills and songs. Then fly and sing on sunset wings To perch and dream. Let not the night bring Any fright to you while slumb’ring. No feline’s hiss or carnal wish By any predator Or man-made thing. Let dove and crow Find rows together in mumbled sleep. From twilight’s dark, keep Still your spark, to feast and sing ‘Til dawn of morning.