Magpie

	Feed the kittens in the kitchen
	Set food out for the strays
	Try hard to do your best
	The magpie will have his way
	Fill your mouth with berries
	By the full light of the moon
	Work all night if you have to
	The magpie comes at noon
	Shore up the crucifixes
	Above the archeways and the doors
	The magpie will come at midday
	And you will go down on all fours
	And when the cherry's white with blossoms
	Be ready and be brave
	And remember what we had here
	When there was something left to save