"Hello!" I say as if these chickadees And I had met before. And we may have: All through the coldest winter of all time With no one left around but me and them I fed the chickadees, safflower seeds And sunflower - they weren't particular If it was local or in season - and The odd one might have even eaten from My hand. But still I don't know how to tell One from the next - and it may be the same For them with me. I have no right to be Offended if they can't tell me from all The other feeders where they've ever fed. But just in case they can, I say hello And maybe they return the greeting, too. If neither they nor I can recognize Each other, still we all keep calling out In hope the others recognize ourselves.
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Date: 2018-11-06 12:10 am (UTC)And I had met before. And we may have:
All through the coldest winter of all time
With no one left around but me and them
I fed the chickadees, safflower seeds
And sunflower - they weren't particular
If it was local or in season - and
The odd one might have even eaten from
My hand. But still I don't know how to tell
One from the next - and it may be the same
For them with me. I have no right to be
Offended if they can't tell me from all
The other feeders where they've ever fed.
But just in case they can, I say hello
And maybe they return the greeting, too.
If neither they nor I can recognize
Each other, still we all keep calling out
In hope the others recognize ourselves.