Great Horned Owl
Hoo H'hoo's! Hoo H'hoo's!
My nocturnal catch in the bacyard has been a feast
One good hold and the rodent is put to rest
With unwarranted suspicion a woman with stick shoos me away
My hoots are ominous she says and disturb her peaceful rest.
Hoo H'hoo's! Hoo H'hoo's! I fly to a lonely barn
The witches at magic cackle and be my friend
My corny tufts and cat like ears make me of their kind
In the east my brethren befriend the pious goddesses
While in the west we are mocked, shooed and cursed
Hoo H'hoo's! Hoo H'hoo's!
In my next life let my innocent ogling eyes in a heart face
Be born in a land where I can freely vocalise my hoots
Where I be praised with the goddess of wisdom
And not be a sorcerer's bird or a symbol of death
February 13, 2016
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