Pecking

Pecking written by William Henry Davies

From "Love Poems" (1935)

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 One kiss to open up the day,
 One kiss at night to close it fast;
 Sometimes a kiss or two between,
 To help the first and last.
 But when I woke this morning early,
 I caught her pecking at my face;
 Greedy for grain, she pecked and pecked
 All over the golden place.
 And artful I, still feigning sleep,
 Lay quiet, while that little chick
 Enjoyed the grain Love scattered there —
 And still went on to peck.

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