rarely if ever sings anymore
just clutches the limb like
its her last thing
turns her head now and then
and the cats have lost interest
the ***** will avow
the cats never even
look her way
they have Mockingbirds and Jays
to chase
and she just sits there
nary a caw or tweet
or a turn of her beak at
a worm
and
I used to love to hear her sing
Come on my dearest, she chirped.
Since he flew off that day
and never returned,
I have not heard a word.