The year’s first swallow is here
Just the one
Balanced quite comfortably
On the telephone wire
A bright summery note on a four line stave
Flown in on the warm south wind
It sits, calling for the others
It can’t eat all these midges and mosquitos alone
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Christopher Perry
15th April, 2020
Four line stave! It had to be said for birds on a wire 🙂