Grinchy Finch

Grinch Finch

I once was hired to use a winch
to wrap it’s chain around a tree
a tree that held a frightened cat
I knew that this would be a cinch
for nothing ever worried me

I didn’t know there was a finch
who nested there and what a grinch
and then I felt  a little pinch
an assault that made me flinch
my facial muscles gave a squinch

who is this angry bird so meek
to threaten me with its small beak
the cat was saved and I had vowed 
to wear this moment like a shroud 
and never speak of it out loud

no more to use a winch and flinch 
or squinch because of a small pinch 
by anger of a grinchy finch
who woudn’t even give an inch

What Makes You Flinch  Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Julie Leigh Rodeheaver
June 16 2019
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Rodrigues Avatar
July 27, 2019 at 6:33 PM
Love this whimsical write! I flinched when I lingered too long to tap into my phone the bird I took a picture of in the garden. The red-winged blackbird dragged his wing across my back...message received! Congratulations, Ralph!
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