not so curious the snowbird
flying off to warmer climes
when harsher winter weather hits
to leave the ice and chill behind

so it seems a sound migration
something I might find appealing, this
to leave my frozen tundra
and that cold that I’ve been dealing with

and of course the warmer summer months
can be ablaze with scorching heat
and stifling humidity
the trip up north would spell relief

‘tis a wonder, chasing weather
so to be outside all day
it’s a luxury of modern times
it’s not your standard get away

so harken now to basal times
with geese and wrens and robins
remove thyself from winter’s frost
it’s freezing soon forgotten