For Every Bird A Nest
For every Bird a Nest -
Wherefore in timid quest
Some little Wren goes seeking round -
Wherefore when boughs are free -
Households in every tree -
Pilgrim be found?
Perhaps a home too high -
Ah Aristocracy!
The little Wren desires -
Perhaps of twig so fine -
Of twine e'en superfine,
Her pride aspires -
The Lark is not ashamed
To build upon the ground
Her modest house -
Yet who of all the throng
Dancing around the sun
Does so rejoice?
~ Emily Dickinson
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The leaves have fallen off most of the trees. So have the abandoned bird nests.
(Has anyone picked up on how I post an Emily Dickinson poem when I don't have much else to say?)
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