by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

“Crowds flock to quiet street to spot rare bird”
—BBC

Shelf, miles from North America, is where
Committed British twitchers flocked to catch
A sighting, as a songbird that is rare
Reviewed its options on its foreign patch:
Look here for mates—for other refugees
Escaping Trump’s US? Risk flying back,
To somewhere south of Florida’s high seas—
Though not to Haiti, where there’s too much flak?
Advance, to where a songbird wouldn’t freeze—
North Africa? Although warm winds invite
A scarlet tanager, would lack of trees
Give raptors easy pickings for a bite? …
Excited twitching never harmed a bird—
Remaining Shelf-bound, surely, is preferred!