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