A Robin's song , October 11, 1994.

(C) Copyright 1997, Mahmoud A. El-Gamal.

A robin's song with melody sublime

did fall on ears so deaf to rhythm and rhyme

that they would argue how a wordless song

can have a meaning -- much less right a wrong

to them I say let meanings all dissolve

and then your senses sharpen and evolve

and you will understand the robin's ode

that says with wordless wonder: ``praise the Lord''.