Name Change Poem by Adrian Flett

At the bird bath he sits
drinks in sips without care
of the new name, they insist
on, he's blissfully unaware.

What is it that brought
about this really absurd
scientific shift of thought,
no agreement with the bird.

Just chose names we'd not heard,
or refer the change at all;
they never consulted the bird
and went ahead, as I recall.

I say to him rather ignore
that a robin doesn't exist
and keep the name, evermore
even when others do insist.