No Brigadier
throughout the
year
So civic as the
Jay –
A Neighbor and
a Warrior too –
With shrill felicity
Pursuing Winds
that censure us
A February Day –
The Brother of
the Universe
Was never blown
away –
The Snow and
he are intimate –

 ¦

I′ve often seen
them play
When Heaven looked
upon us all
With such severity
I felt apology
were due to
an insulted Sky
Whose pompous
frown was nutriment
To their temerity –
The Pillow of
this daring Head
Is pungent
Evergreens –
His Larder –  terse
and militant –

 ¦

Unknown – refreshing
things –
His Character
a Tonic,
His Future a
Dispute –
Unfair an
Immortality
That leaves
this Neighbor
out —

Emily ′