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Quail in December.(Poem)
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January 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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They're scampering under the birdfeeder
they can't fly up to, pecking at, picking up seeds
the sloppy house sparrows and chickadees--
intent on getting it all--scatter
half of in their frenzied digging. Each quail
sports a question-mark, an ebony curl
that sticks up from its forehead and bobs,
waggles and wiggles as it does, off at a sound
or shadowy sign of danger. Rotund,
as if ...
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