Monday, October 16, 2023

The Bluebird and the Downy




 The bluebird and the downy don't seem so much alike

Of course, they both can fly, and spear a bug in flight

But one prefers to chip away while searching in a tree

While the other likes to flit and dart to snag one wild and free


In size they really are so close, in length and height and weight

They both seem truly gentle souls, no malice, greed or hate

While other birds of different kinds seem to claim their territory

These two it seems, have learned to sing a very different story


For sharing food that's hanging there is not so hard to do

If others hands will keep it full, and supply it all anew

So eat up friend, I'll gladly share this batch of grub with you

And on this spot we'll meet again, but until then, adieu.


Written by David Warbritton for the Warbritton family, no copying or reprinting without the author's permission










































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