The Squabbling

As the sun sets

Behind the rainy clouds

I hear the charm

Embellishing singing

Of a happy blackbird

‘Brewers Blackbird ~ Courting ’ Canvas Print by Beve Brown-Clark

I hear the chirp

I stand to listen

Can’t see them but

I hear the fluttering

The squabbling

And then the wrangling

Male against male

For a cherished hen.