Hi Gary, yes, I like this. Two queries/quibbles. I didn't really get
'Rabbit's smaller relatives' - is this a quote/ref from Winnie the Pooh?
And are the 'speckled coats' the starlings? (that's what they look like
here) - in which case the little buggers get two verses whereas the other
birds only get one apiece!

bw, John.

ps - usage: 'bugger' in std British English (Recieved) is an extremely
strong and offensive imprecation, in the north of England (where I am) it's
so mild that a grandmother will talk of her progeny as 'little buggers'.
Funny old world!


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From: "Gary Blankenship" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 04 August 2001 19:25
Subject: In a Driveway, Birds sans Windwill


In a Driveway, Birds sans Windmill

starlings pick and peck
in search of Rabbit's
smaller relatives

tribes of speckled coats
twitter revolution
cowbird malarkey

homemade dust pools
sparrow scratched
to roll and roil gray

through summer drought
animators inkless
bluebirds fade indoors


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