Flit through the branches, bounded by brambles, nimble witted
Squabble and scatter, chatter and chase, dawn clatter and dust-baths
Tiny not timid, tenaciously territorial, quicksilver to the seed heads
Singing from gutters, pattering on pavements, defying the traffic
Unruly urchin birds, diminutive, darting and dashing
Yet cousins to swans
Photo by Nastya Kvokka on Unsplash
