TO A STARLING

               



            Shut your mouth, bird!
            I know what you saw.

            You needn't squawk about it
            Or chase me though the wood.


            You followed him as he approached.
            Snow sparkled in the moonlight.

            Like wings his arms stretched wide.
            I kissed his frosted beard.
           

            Anyone would think to hear you chatter
            You never gussied up your tail

            Or helped another build a cozy nest.
            So why this moral tone?

            You sure were quiet then,
            When he and I were lying in the snow.

            Oh, his warm breath on my neck!
            Then that shudder up my spine!


            Any bird above would guess
            Two stranger's paths had crossed.

            Do you have to tell them
            How two lovers came and went?
       

            Foot-prints swell in sunlight.
            Our secret all will know.

            Quick, shake the clouds above
            And hide my angel in the snow.
 

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Wow this is really amazing!
I enjoyed this write, has a natural flow to it.
Very well written.