Birds.

I used to love the birds, twiddling talons, twitting talk 

Until you came along, a ravaging pioneer, thoughtless hawk 

How can you, somehow you did, an entire species to the wind 

Hollow keel shaped bones, no more, flown away, lost to you in the end 

Let me drink to that, something bitter, pomegranate- after taste of sparrow 

It bites, sweet and peppered, if I could shoot them down, trenchant arrow...

They only remind me of you, feathered freaks, charged with carelessness 

If they all fell down, million missiles, plunging blood, marvelous 

How do I go outside, it is all you, everywhere, every mocking bird 

The littoral zone, reflecting bird bellies, an acrid taste, hurt 

I'll feed you my heart, if the birds go away, migrate to hell or heaven, I don't care

Why birds, they're all consuming, the little one perched on the stair 

Goodnight, even the owl, with eyes like yours, Barred, Boreal, Great Gray 

Makes me vomit, perhaps hunt me instead, if I can't take away the birds, put my mind at bay 

Maybe one day, I'll go watching again, returned to seduction of the Swift 

Carried back to you my love, perhaps never, flown away, lost to you in the end.