I study facts and figures <br />and Excel at my job. <br />Interest rates and Mortgages <br />-The Financial Times- <br /> <br />But here among the data <br />an astonishing report <br />Corncrake numbers are reviving <br />-The Corncrake is making a comeback- <br /> <br />I remember the Corncrake’s call <br />in the twilight after school. <br />We’d stop to hear it <br />calling out its name. <br /> <br />Wind through the walls <br />of an old stone house <br />the desolate sound <br />of the corncrake’s voice <br />echoing down the years <br /> <br />Now every face of every boy <br />and every stone from every wall <br />makes a comeback in the <br />spread sheets on my desk <br /> <br />forget the facts and figures <br />we have a bottom line <br />The Corncrake is returning <br />is the Curlew far behind. <br /> <br /> <br />Author's Comments: <br />'Like many wild birds in the west of Europe the Corncrake and the Curlew faced extinction but now I read that Corncrake number are growing again.'<br /><br />Sean Joyce<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bottom-line-3/
