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 Immor–
tality
That leaves the 
Neighbor out –