Owed to the Egret —An Apology
I send regrets
To all egrets
If I caused you pain
By calling you "crane"
Or even "heron" — who
Looks much like you too
That I find I have troubles
Because you have these doubles
So I beg you not to mind
When I misname your kind
And I ask you, please
To accept apologies
— Hilda Heifetz









