linnet
sang linnet sat and raised his cup of sympathy
sang linnet shook it hopefully
with lowered eyes to not offend
sang linnet feels small pain from
pecks rebuffs rejoinders or disdain
of passing old birds and is jolly as
a passive passerine can be
on hemp and mash and milk and sometimes even tea
and living out of trash
and if sang linnet ever felt depressions feathers fan
he never showed it as he sang
for he had uplifting spirits
and he knew that in depressions glue
a mire of nets and trap nests waits
so rarely committed he to having mates
some called sang linnet master bates
though irrelevant sang linnet did have sensibilities
but these were more about philosophy
for he is an unsung genius
like Socrates or perhaps Plato
but less a lot less literate
when not a begging
sang linnet is a purpose for a chef
and very fine it is to dine
with sang linnet and our host and sing his praise
and though he braised
sang linnet sings within us
all our days