Just Plain Cuckoo
Perching brazenly on a bough
The herald of spring
In its wrinkled black and white striped vest
Demanding intimacy
With its proclamation
This rogue itinerant
Reckless and brash
Ready to mate
And ready to run
Abandoning his egg filled lover
To find a home for his brood
By intruding on another's space
in ejecting that bird's shelled hopes
Socially selfish
Psychopathically intent
On securing a future for her chick
At another's expense
And this murderous charade
At every onset of spring
Will play out to its bitter end
From the first cry of "Cuckoo".
Copyright © Denis Bruce | Year Posted 2020
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