What's O'Clock/Morning Song, with Drums

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4514690What's O'Clock — Morning Song, with DrumsAmy Lowell
MORNING SONG, WITH DRUMS
The pheasants cry in the dawn,
Mocking the glitter of the nearby city
Struck upon the sky.

Ivy in a wind,
Smooth grass,
Old cedar-trees.

Change is a bitter thing to contemplate
Across a grey dawn.
Puff-ball world, forsooth,
A kick and it is broken into smoke.

The pheasant's cry is raucous in the dawn.