Streamside Exchange by John Pepper Clark

Streamside Exchange

Child: River bird, river bird,
Sitting all day long 
On hook over grass,
River bird, river bird,
Sing to me a song 
Of all that pass 
And say,
Will mother come back today?

Bird: You cannot know 
And should not bother;
Tide and market come and go 
And so has your mother.

— John Pepper Clark

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