These Birds

Stephanie Rearick

These birds have to scratch and scramble

These birds only want to tweet

These birds plow through brush and bramble

just to get a speck of grain to eat

Scratch and scramble

Want

Plow

For the chance to pick their masters

These birds have to scratch and scramble

These birds only want to screech

These birds plow through brush and bramble

For the chance to peck their masters' feet