Best Catbird Poems

The  dark gray Catbird
Swiftly flew into the garden
Enjoyed his bath for the day
I enjoyed watching him play
Just as swiftly flew away

Were the cats hiding in the shadows
Did his mate call from the meadow
Responsibility or a joyful day
Awaiting him in his world by the bay
Hoping...

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Now who sittin' in the catbird seat?
Snagglepuss with dirty feet,
think you got the system beat?
Soon you'll feel the hot sun's heat.

Been dancin' the pagan dance too long,
needle stuck on same ole song,
to find out now its all been wrong...
realize now I ain't so strong.

Man came...

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in the 
             
             aged

               pear tree

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A good view. The traffic and wind careen.
The highway overpass vibrates. Suicide starts
to sing, a wind-dervish rattling thin mantis limbs.

On the branches of peripheral nerves, small birds
stretch plasma necks, warble high
in the catbird seat of her soul.

She thought about her soul. Only one invisible 
globule...

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imitates over forty
others...
animals from
humans...
too frogs


stan/len

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The highway overpass vibrates.
as traffic and wind careen through.
A good view. Suicide starts to sing;
a wind-dervish rattling aluminum wings.
On the branches of peripheral nerves,
small birds stretch plasma necks,
warble high in the catbird seat
of her wall-eyed mind.
An ugly stream of cacophony,
a vapor of petroleum and rubber
bursting...

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