Fowl Play

Magpies cry
mid moonless night
till slumber fumbles
and dreams take flight
Sparrows narrow
their sightless gaze
sing soulless ditties
of trapped city days
Nightingales pale
leak blear-eyed tears
Lovelorn doves
flee urban years
All wings lament
how grit and grime
in airs confuse
a songbird's time