EBON:

Of onyx eye & velvet wing,

Crow, rook & blackbird sing,

Jackdaw, magpie, & raven black,

Peat of bog, soot chimney stack.

Maligned & blamed for evil deeds,

Flinted glare of malevolent bead,

Silken feathers & satined plumes,

Birds of prey & of midnight tombs.

Claw & talon, clenched tar tight,

Gripping victims into soaring flight,

Grey-slated nebs of ancient tunes,

Perched upon rings of winter moons.

Birds of velveteen, black, black, black,

Painting pathways on skyward tracks,

Hail to you my black feathered friends,

As into ebon nights you meld & blend.