The Subject of the Discussion

Just listen, chums: I wasn’t arguing,
I simply mentioned to my spirit guide
That I had wanted to be notified
Before the Flood. I said, “Give me a ring,”
But Raven fled. That bastard, on the wing
Above the waves, did that annoying glide
Past my outstretched arms. “I’ll be by your side,”
He promised, several times. The bastard lied:
He’s gone now. And you wanted me to sing?

He claimed the only Trickster is the Crow,
But I’ve been tricked by every kind of beast,
And now the Flood is coming, from the east
(The Fire is in the north, where it will go
A mystery, and in the west there’s Snow).
Just sit down, and apologize, at least.