Oooh, claw to claw, beak to beak
Talon to talon, cheek to cheek,
I jut my breast out, sing my voice sore,
Strut my bright plumage to draw you to my door.
Oh summer brushed dusk, oh live ivory tusk,
Oh slapped water splash, love’s labor’s musk.
Oh agile eel, oh scales of spun steel,
Oh flying fish flash, bright mandarin peel.
Oh morning dew beaded, oh shaggy field weedy,
Oh hoppers mad scatter, silk petals pleated.
Oh sap flowing steady, oh its fragrance heady.
Oh tiny paws patter, the oil lamp’s ready.
Oooh, claw to claw, beak to beak
Talon to talon, cheek to cheek,
If you be willing, if you’ll abide,
I’ll garnish your den and curl by your side.
Oh clear running brook, oh rolled boulder nook,
Oh spare sprawling plain, a mischievous look.
Oh broad-breasted doe, oh vision of crow,
Oh battering rain, soft down head-to-toe.
Oh danger of lightning, oh tidal wave frightening,
Oh rattlesnake’s feign, love’s tension tightening.
Oh honeybee dance, oh cottontail’s glance,
Oh coyote’s refrain of a lifelong romance.
Oooh, claw to claw, beak to beak
Sometimes antler to antler, but then always cheek to cheek,
Call us paired or entwined, tangled or mated,
Or whatever your word for love lasting unfaded.
Scott Pinkmountain (aka Scott Rosenberg) is an American musician and a writer. Over the past 20 years, he has recorded and
performed extensively in the U.S. and Europe with many excellent musicians including Anthony Braxton, Jacopo Andreini, Gino Robair, Sam Coomes, Arrington Di Dionyso, Phil Minton, Jaap Blonk, Pauline Oliveros, Tim Daisy, Nate Wooley, and others....more
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