Cattle Egret

CATTLE EGRET Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi Silken, snow-white feathers Slender, elegant legs Lovely long sinuous neck Beautiful and benignly noble head Stout, straight, sharp beaks The cattle egret Seen in the dry season In symbiosis With cattle and the wild Visitors to the quiet countryside Feeding on ticks and insect Migrating with the arrival of the rains To distant arid land The cattle egret Harmless as a dove Graceful in flight Beautiful in sight Her arrival, like the sweet angels Bring the sandstorms Dusty, dense, dry vegetation in cold weather Interspersed with hot noons And that sweet aroma of harmattan