Blackbird amongst crocuses Glossy jet and fragile lilac Orange stamen beak Precious art a gift I'd like to give To you, clinging on stormy seas Or you, shockhstaring at rubble You, cell-bound And you, held in concrete head For you, who don't know 'crocus' or 'stamen' Who cannot recognise the glossy orange black lilac song I'd like to gift you this little patch of lawn But I don't know how. The concrete towers and powers of state Raise up to stop me giving. Trapped from making offerings of spring I give the blackbird crunchy mealworms He will present me with his song For now, content to keep this to ourselves Holding tight a promise Of a spring that you can share