Cawing their raucous version
Of Come and get it!
The early risers are up
On the utility lines opposite
The pigeons cowering
In their cubbyholes, keeping
A keen eye out for any unfledged
Chicks itching for a fling, surely these
Lovey-dovey gentlemen callers are
Crooning in the sweet by-and-by,
There’s always one rash enough to try.
I'd have to own up to a love of all corvids. A good thing to be reminded of the short work they make of those "chicks itching for a fling".
ReplyDeleteWe all love the noisy attentions of a crow.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it they say?
"Chicks dig it".
If Ted Hughes were still alive, I'm sure he'd have something to add to this comment stream; meanwhile, true to both their natures, the guys and dolls are back at it again this morning.
ReplyDeleteCurious coincidence, Vassilis, I'd just been looking back upon some rather serious crows (no larking-about, thank you very much) from that neck of the woods & fields which were once the squinty-eyed kid's stamping-grounds:
ReplyDeleteEdward Dorn: Notes from the Fields: an Exaltation of Larks, a Murder of Crows
...That, in relation to a "city-sketch" from the same period, nearby locale, the carrion-birds this time wingless:
Edward Dorn: 1st Avenue