Day 19, Pine Siskin Pantoum

Day 19, Pine Siskin Pantoum

A taste for salt draws them to the road;

as cars rush in, they scatter to the trees.

To call the flock, a solitary note:

in an instant, hundreds twitter on the breeze.

As cars rush in, they scatter to the trees.

They build their nests in the tallest evergreen.

In an instant, hundreds twitter on the breeze,

gregarious by nature, indeed.

They build their nests in the tallest evergreen,

peck out seeds from thistles and cones.

Gregarious by nature, indeed,

you’ll see a thousand before you see one

peck out seeds from thistles and cones

though they have a strange liking for mineral.

You’ll see a thousand before you see one

from a thousand issues one call.

They have a strange liking for mineral,

a taste for salt draws them to the road.

From a thousand issues one call

to call the flock, a solitary note.