A Curious Bird

The ostrich is surely a curious bird Composed of elements rather absurd Overstuffed body, resting on twigs for legs Babies hatch in dump nests of 50+ eggs Weighing as much as three pounds each ~ No wonder ostriches have ear-piercing shrieks They're flightless, of course, Weighing 300 pounds So they ramble 40 mph When they're run out of town And they're tall, oh so tall, up to nine feet, ~ With a neck the size a giraffe's barely beats Wearing no hats, they're clearly not wizards In the midst of their stomachs, they have a gizzard For digesting pebbles, locusts, and snakes Along with rats, leafy vegetables, or lizards And why do they always stick their heads in the sand? ~ So they're not decapitated, processed, and packed in a can.