Little Birdie

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A Total Farce. For Darryl.

Perched on a limb
High above the ground
Sat a little birdie
Looking all around

Peering down among the people
He cried with glee
I see a tiny breadcrumb
Just waiting for me!

Soon the little birdie
Flew to the ground
Pecked at the breadcrumb
But failed to look around.

Then one of the people
With a gleam in his eye
Stomped the little birdie
And watched him die.

The moral to this story
Is always look around
And never eat your dinner
Sitting on the ground.

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John Beharry

Date: 3/24/2015 7:59:00 PM

Emotionally touching poem! Beauty tinged with Sadness! Well composed!

James Horn

Date: 1/12/2015 7:39:00 PM

Did you see "Bye, Bye Birdie yet? If you want to die or grow thinner On ground should eat your dinner And when you fly around in the skies; Surprise, it will trim your thighs. Ho, ho, ho.

Cona Adams
Date: 3/25/2015 7:18:00 AM

LOL, James. Thanks for the visit, and for commenting on my silly poem.

Paul Callus

Date: 1/12/2015 11:00:00 AM

Lovely and entertaining write, Cona! The message is passed on clearly and with wit, although I do feel sorry for birdie! All the best. // paul

Cona Adams
Date: 1/12/2015 1:17:00 PM

Thankfully, it's fiction. Sometimes, I wonder where these things come from. I don't spend too much time thinking about it, however, or I would be worried. : - )

Emile Pinet

Date: 1/11/2015 1:20:00 PM

A light dusting of the funny bone. This is a spirited piece that deals with nature and an unpredictable and calamitous set of events. Emile.

Cona Adams
Date: 1/12/2015 10:41:00 AM

Thanks for visiting, Emile. And, thanks for taking it as meant; as humorous fiction.

Bonnie Hollywood-Cutts

Date: 1/11/2015 8:55:00 AM

such a sad piece. mad even sadder by the fact there are people like that in the world. I love nature and things written for or about it, both in poetry or stories. Good advice at the end. So many of us fail to look around while staying focused on something and can end up hurt from an accident or someone's deliberate mean action towards us

Cona Adams
Date: 1/11/2015 12:57:00 PM

Thank you for the visit, Bonnie. Yes, it is disheartening that there are people in the world who would harm someone or some thing unable to defend themselves. But evil exists in our world, and our best bet is to be aware, and avoid them if at all possible.