Gambling on the Grouse Fields

I knelt naked and trembling Then I found myselfa cloak of peacock feathers. Wrapping it around my bodyI became a different person. I transformed into a show bird. A party animal, A strutting pruning Golden Pheasant But the feathers did not suit me And the attention was not to my liking So I made a deal with a stoat. "Take my feathers But leave my body entire." So this wily killer decided That it was good enough For his country credibility To see a pile of broken coloured feathers. So we struck a deal, He took my feathers And I crept awayNaked But heart beating.