I Woke up Searching
And if there really is no one
who invented all this,
which it seems like there isn't.
Then how did the loon
get her daring jacket
of black and white?
And the Merganser with
his rakish poet look,
did he gather it
beneath the years?
Where did the kingfisher acquire
his blunt handsomeness
which speaks so openly
of the sea?
The barn owl its heart shaped face
of white set in
gold,
when did it received that
from the night?
And how was the gold finch
crowned by the morning?
With its fingers of light?
And in what thin crevice
did the winter wren
find its tiny scolding monologue?
And how did the robin,
pull such cheerful music
from deep beneath the ground?
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