H for Hedge

I climb a tree to bring them down-

The yellow eyes of my black kitten;

The laurel hedge that's left behind-

Whose shoulders measure three feet wide-

Is swaying lightly In the wind.

But when I looked from a high place,

With my black kitten safely tucked

From danger, under my left arm-

I saw that laurel's thick, broad back

Was wriggling like the thinnest worm.