Ode to a deer

A doe lay sleeping in the grass
 a lovely and enchanting lass
 serenely heedless of all who pass
 silent and peaceful, she ~

Sleeping all the day and all the night
 still there she lay at morning light
 her beauties attracted hungry sight
 her charms were for all to see ~

As the gentle wind gave whisper-sighs,
 vultures wheeled in brilliant skies
 crows in joy arrived, and flies
 buzzed and flitted merrily ~

At night many a roving beast
 crept close for the abundant feast
 each morsel savored to the least
 by appetites eager and free ~

An open cage of clean-white bone
 in morning sunlight brightly shone
 in the grass beside the road alone
 silent and peaceful, she ~