I know what it was?

Ko te Ratu 15 o te Mahuru o tenei ra.

I know what it was .

They said it was just

an owl in the

tree but they didn’t fool me!

I saw teeth not a beak,

red eyes

not gold

and I won’t be told

it was only fluff and feathers

roundf it’s throat;

it was a collar

and those weren’t wings

but the silky folds

of a black,black cloak.

That was no

Too-wit too woo

I heard

it was

I’ll get you-ou!

Patricia Leighton.