A Blackbird Visits - with audio

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A Blackbird came to roost today
He called out to an end of play
Laughing, as if to mock the day
The raven cast a windblown shadow
Tipped over was the cup of callow
Rusted tractor, fields gone fallow

Bees find not the pleasant feast
From Faded flowers along the street
Clouds gray oppress the sunny thought
Frozen squalls bring good to naught
Rabbits in meadows, their races started
Now tortoise-like, turn back retarded
Beneath the specter of a hawk

Frantic scurry against the clock
Into hole and into den
So sleep a while there little one
Till radiant glory of the Sun
Breaks through the dewy heavens
And all the clouds have come unspun
With warmth smiling down on the earth again
Blossoming hearts in songs of gentle spring rains