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Woodpecker Blues-senryu series

beak’s pecking away
chiselling wood from my side
hole reveals insides

is it work or play
pecker’s constant yammering
or to stir me up

plug up scab or slug
the critter who’s fleshing out
a home for squirrels

i’m feeling squirrely
running on a hamster wheel
pounding on the walls

Elmer Fudd my spouse
guns blazing looking for fight
wily rabbit laughs

morning to midnight
tiptoe open door slowly
feels swoosh of bb’s

No birds were hurt in the writing of this poem ;)

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Date: 10/18/2024 2:01:00 PM
Oh!! Thanks goodness, right there at the end I thought maybe they were dead. LOL..My dog is on a diet because she had a bout with pancreatitis, and she caught a bird in the Pampas grass and was swallowing it whole while my husband was trying to get it away from her. He said blood was still oozing out of the bird. Sara k
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/18/2024 8:05:00 PM
So sorry to hear about your dog. Hope he feels better. Crazy story!
Date: 10/17/2024 1:26:00 PM
I love this, Kim- your thoughts and the metaphors to describe those thoughts are simply...amazing. <3 :):)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/17/2024 1:32:00 PM
I so appreciate! Hugs, Paige!

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