Dartford Warbler

The red eyes
of Dartford warblers
are veiled by gorse bushes
that wallow
in timeworn thorns.

Two scrawny legs catch a branch;
its tail bobs
as it warbles
a song that rises like bamboo

over the heath.
This is where I’ll eat my sandwiches,
in this crook of goodness
where the birds burst and croon.