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Shoebill

My bill you can't forget My feet always wet Hodge-podge of many likes Walker of many sikes My stork or cassowary-like body My wide wings flapping steady Legs trekking from Sudan to Zambia My feet spanning like a tortilla I can play hide and seek I'm soft-spoken and meek Chasing my prey with my bill digger Coughing like a jack hammer Three decades I can survive Sounds I can create to jive Please be careful with my heart Yours I don't want to break apart I only look like a shoe Bigger than a shrew... A bird!

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Date: 4/5/2023 8:46:00 AM
Love your poem Clifford….well written! Do they really look like a shoe? Debx
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Clifford Villalon
Date: 4/5/2023 11:36:00 AM
Indeed, I saw one! :) Thanks Miss Deb for your surprise visit. Strength and good health to you! Stay lovely! Cliff
Date: 4/4/2023 12:04:00 PM
love the rhyming scheme here, :)
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Clifford Villalon
Date: 4/4/2023 3:41:00 PM
Thanks for the warm comment Miss Mystic. :)

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