Varied Thrush

Hush! hush! Listen to the Varied Thrush The freezing rain has pushed them Down into the valley with the rest of us Flushed From the comfortably lush forest floor They draw their bows across Serrated edges of musical saws and crush The frigid, sharply pointed hearts of icicles like us Crush, crush, crush, crush, crush, crush, crush, crush Crush, crush, crush Crush, crush, crush, crush, crush, crush, crush Crush, crush, crush Swish! swish! The Osprey hovers seeking fish The glassy pond displays the menu But won't serve the dish To birds who wish To linger when the air turns cold Defying pressure To defer to Cackling Geese and Western Gulls Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish, wish, wish Wish, wish, wish Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish, wish, wish Wish, wish, wish Who doesn't wish they could begin to leave? Who doesn't wish they could Believe in letting something end? We have these wishes But we're hung up on a superstitious Focus on the family We see in Collared Doves With love much stronger than we probably Should ever hope for ours to be Are we a "we are" today? Will we be a "we will be" tomorrow? Were we a "we were" already long ago? We don't know what price makes sense to pay So we settle for indebted sorrow Never knowing we could dine and Dash into that nullifying snow Thrash! thrash! The so-called trash birds taking baths Betray their cuteness In the recklessness with which they lash Their lustrous feathers Petroleum with flecks of ash In an unseasonable puddle glaciating fast Splash, splash, splash, splash, splash, splash, splash, splash Freeze, splash, splash, splash Freeze, splash, splash, splash, splash, splash, splash, splash Freeze, splash, splash, splash Hush! hush! Listen to the Varied Thrush Hush! hush! Hush! hush! Listen to the Varied Thrush Hush! hush! Hush! hush! Hush! hush! Hush! hush! Hush! hush!