Mockingbird © Cassandra Lance Martinez at AuthenticTexas.com

Mockingbird

She's a native Texan, through and through,

she's everywhere the sagebrush grew.

But she's also at home in the suburbs, too,

with a territory for a nest or two for two.

She guards her territory and her nest,

from humans, dogs, cats and the rest.

She's a fierce fighter and gives no quarter,

for any other mockingbird that's out of order.

She sings some of the songs of other birds, too,

but her suitor sings more than double her few.

He wants her to be his only true adore,

he's tending her chicks; she's looking for more.

Bugs and berries are her favorite eats,

red berries of asparagus fern real treats.

While she won't let a bug or worm get away,

she'll pass up the birdfeeder every single day.

There is a hawk in the neighborhood these days,

she'd better be alert and know of her crafty ways..

Or she will be gone like the sparrows, too soon,

just left the nest, learned to fly and suddenly, doom!

Copyright 2023 © Ronald W. Hull

2/2/23

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