With flaming wings, which span the sky,
she glides across the sea.
A shrinking continental perch
vibrates away the heat.
Some seedlings, nestling in a tray,
sense Mum within their leaves,
which gape on stretching necks and make
a mute cacophony.
An all-important face appears:
at last! The sun returns!
She feeds her hungry brood of shoots
with incandescent worms.