Clouds of oily birds
Floated down from the pine clump
Shadowed the low field
~
Cows and calves bemused
At pasture blackened with crows
Jackdaws and bleak rooks
~
Settled frozen still
Hundreds came and stood alert
For movement of soil
~
The gloomy flock stirred
Disturbed by wind-blown phantom
Hung on breaths of wind
~
Returned as a shroud
For emergent May Bug grubs
From rain-soaked soil
~
CLP 04/07/2020
