Categories:
catbird, age, bird,
Form: Free verse
the shady catbird
imitates over forty
others...
animals from
humans...
too frogs
stan/len
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Categories:
catbird, adventure, nature,
Form: Free verse
Catbird Seat
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 into bombinate blooms
that scour her skin.
She breathes it all in,
watching
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Categories:
catbird, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Catbird Seat
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 of it ever active, the rest tranquilized,
a pool fed
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Categories:
catbird, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Catbird Seat Ain'T All That Great
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 in couldn't feel his toes,
doc had to tell him what
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Categories:
catbird, allegory, funny, on work
Form: Light Verse
The Catbird
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 he'll honor me and stay
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Categories:
catbird, nature
Form: I do not know?