Huddled like rabbits By the hole in the fence Frozen like statues To the chair on the lake Clouds of birds Make shadows on the moss Fields of kale All patterned with ice Whoah-ohohhh outside Whoah-ohohhh the swans rise The curve of the river Like the neck of a swan And the veil of the sky All peppered with rain And a field of crows Picked clean to the bone And a love unchanged By the chatter of time Whoah-ohohhh outside Whoah-ohohhh the swans rise