A Plan For Preserving Birdsong

Dennis Lee
From:   unpublished, 1999.

Is it true that tiny lawyers
     Hatch in puddles in the spring?
I plan to capture orioles
     And teach them how to sing;
But if they can't, the lawyers,
     Dressed in tiny feathered suits,
Could congregate in sheltered spots
     And play on tiny flutes.

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