I think that just before
The Birds migrate
Their feathers
Feel itchy
And they don’t
Know why.
Somehow things
Just aren’t
Right
Change is in
The wind
The time
To move is
Fast approaching
The light’s all wrong
The balance skewed
My feathers
Feel itchy
And I don’t
Know why
Do the Birds know
Where they’re headed
When the great flocks
Rise
Or is it
That they
Can no longer
Stand
Their itchy feathers
– jml (2000)
