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~A Refusal to Further Critique the Wren~

I strain both ears
to pinpoint the wren. Its poems
inspired by death throes
of insect prey
wend through leaf and needle walls

to be heard by crows,
their heads cocked as they filch crumbs
strewn along the walk

while their caws chastise verse
praised by lowly sparrows,
and hoodlum starlings 
plagiarize the killdeer and hawk.

D. B. Tompsett