Bitter Evening Lesson

A child asks in a storm

Where birds shelter from snow,

Which is an old question.

What comes o’thee? Whare wilt

Thou cow’r thy chittering wing,

An close thy e’e? sang Burns.

Time to consult code mind.

Right, wrong, or just bizarre,

Code mind won’t hesitate.

Microhabitats, says

The Audubon web page

And clarifies, such as

Inside a thick hedge or

On a tree’s downwind side.

The child’s not satisfied.

How are those warm and dry?

Well, they aren’t warm and dry.

But somehow birds survive.