a rose by any other name...

was in borders today and saw a cd rom of bird info and thought that would be cool, it had videos and many pictures and the names of all kinds of birds i'm sure. i thought that would be cool but then i thought, why? why learn the names of the different birds?

call a cardinal a 'snuzzblot', it won't stop being red
a buzzard by any name will feed off the dead.

call a redwinged blackbird 'bill', he still rings like a phone
mistake a goose for a duck, it still finds a way home.

a loon called 'pontoon' flies and hunts underwater
a pigeon called bernice is a pet, (if you caught her)

i have no problem with birds of a feather
being called the same name, it's a pretty good measure.

but i can see them, remember them, listen to their voices
and what i want to name them, those are my choices.