Swallows

The Barn with

Steel-blue black,

Chestnut breast,

Deeply forked tail

The Cliff with

A four-sided geometric tail

And a

Slight

Light

Brown patch on its rump

The Tree

As bluish-green as the sea

And dwells

In bird’s houses

The Bank

As brown as dirt

And as white as snow

With a narrow

Dark strip

Across

Its chest

The Purple Martin

The largest of them all

Swallows the birds I call