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The Philippine Eagle: A Monument
Behold the Philippine Eagle, King of Birds!
The tallest eagle, terror of monkey herds
Its crest stands tall like a rooster on the roll
Hear its vibrant, authoritative call
Like a mythical griffin, it has the cover of a lion
That's why in our nation it's called “Haribon”.
Discovered by a man from United Kingdom
The faithful, monogamous Haribon (King of Birds) is only from
The Philippines, my country…a valiant country
First known to Europeans in our year of gallantry
When our national hero, Rizal, was brutally slain
By our first conqueror – the kingly Spain
This glorious bird is our monument of courage
A living emblem of our struggle for golden age
Its dignified countenance on our coin chiseled
So splendid & adorable like a handsome young man muscled
The starring on our national basketball team's logo
This is our national bird – adore, preserve & lo!
-01/27/2015
(Dumarao)
*Defense of the Animals Collection
(Cw toxic and abusive relationship )
Oh baby I am so in love
So go ahead and shoot me down
Hit me with your truck
Oh baby I hate you so much
So kiss me once with passion
But never when we
Keep your ing hands off me
But stay here by my side
Walking never hand in hand
‘Cos you have something to hide
Oh baby stay away from me
I hate your ing guts
Still wanna rearrange them tho
Cuz I’m a ing ****
Let’s go out and get some drinks
Maybe you’ll let me drive
I’m way too drunk and cannot see
But it, let me try
Maybe we will crash and burn
Thats alright by me
Both of us just wanna die
So Thats how it’ll be
Keep your ing hands off me
But stay here by my side
Walking never hand in hand
‘Cos you have to hide
Go and get your ing coke
I hope you overdose
I’ll hit you with the narcan
Girl, but I should let you choke
Keep your ing hands off me
But stay here by my side
Walking never hand in hand
‘Cos you have someone to hide
Someone to hide
One may see puffins and parrots
any hour of the week
both birds bear a big colourful beak
the former pelagic feed on fish
and live in large colonies on coastal cliffs
tho' monogamous collectively breed as a bunch
but with renown as the Atlantic sea clown
in Iceland several are served as lunch
the latter arboreal primarily frugivorous
toco being by far the largest
are opportunistic and occasionally omnivorous
to a few prudes it may seem unseemly or rude
and yet if they stick around they'll later get down
as their chicks are seen to hatch in the nude
these avians may fly high in the sky
have the same such things as two wings and legs
and of each species the female lays eggs
but that's where similarity does stop
one puffin can do more than toucan do
in more or less of a day
after mating its pecker turns grey
and without waiting its bill it will drop
To mix the two together only brings gray. Battling persona. Never on cue.
For one’s never certain, which facade debuts.
Dark finely feathered, filled with lustful charades
Hides behind a notion of monogamous filled days
Graceful creature. Godly vision in feather white
Drawling towards her a suitor. Virtuous, her guise.
Black swan cannot resist, as she struggles for breath.
White swan now removed
In his arms, they shall rest.
Ignited with such passion. Inhibitions retreat
Allow this lover. Entrance
White swans unaware of this inevitable defeat.
Dark swan found a mate, who’s passions surpass
Coupled forever. Forever at last
Symbols of purity
synonymous with love,
swans are monogamous.
Selective pairs dip heads
silently conversing;
swimming in perfect sync,
signifying their bond.
Walk on the Earth
Walk on the Earth, just walk, the path is moving under my steps; gone
Hmm, is this a monotonous life, or not? Monotone, and monogamous?
No, this is not that, only just looks like that, so interesting lifestyle style
Walk on the Earth and watch the sky, and see the lands, the living life
So interesting everything, people, cities, villages, streets, squares; all
Beautiful the nature, woods, forests, hills, valleys, fields and mountains
There are so many living creatures, plants, animals, and everything; Nice!
So amazing, incredible, and impressive; enthralling in our world everything
Just walk and walk, slow, but moving contemplation, and delight; enjoying
Enjoying life, and all the colors, forms, and the hidden philosophy of Life,
But why? Why? I don’t know, but all of these things are given by the God
Walk on the Earth is a very good life, so amazing, and a very perfect life!
Walk
Life
Contemplation
Philosophy
Meditation
So fine
Fine?
Beautiful
Walk
Just walk
And walk!
monogamous not
awful courtmanship
nips off lover’s head
tally ho handsome
imponderable female
seduces new prospect
when paired
pilot whales
choose one mate for life
a monogamous linkage
survivors will beach themselves when their mate dies
He wished to teach them
To flap harder in thin air
To learn the tricks to rest,
To eat, to know when to
Start the flight, when to
Return and the route map
Mother wished to teach them
To call, to breathe more
Deeply and ways to save
Energy as they flew such
Dizzy altitudes in freezing
Cold & not to be blown away
As they looked up at meshed sky,
Yesterday’s wishes rolled
Down the cheeks of a
Monogamous pair of
Bar-headed goose
Breeding in captivity
Why fly high?
Quaint multi coloured bird
Quilled feathers exotic
Quiffed plumage quite unique
Quintessence of beauty
Queen like, monogamous
Quavering mating call
Quixotic, soon extinct
(A bird-in man poem)
Yes, any bird can be the common crow;
the bulbul or the yellow bird.
And parrots, ofcourse;
because every tree has got its own bird.
But to which colour does your bird belong to?
Red-plumed; yellow-feathered?
My eyes nested on her head.
But said she: black is not the crow; but the crow is black.
Fluttered my butterflies on her lips;
She told: red is not red bird; but red bird is...
The snails fingered on her areolae to nausea; brown isn't the bulbul but the bulbul is brown, said she.
Then the snakes tongued into her naval flower.
She replied: blue is not any snake; but snake is blue.
While bites both venomous and mutual entwined us into ecstasy, on my moringa tree,
there rained all the parrots!
They ate my seeds to the barren.
Yes, green isn't the parrots but parrots are green, said she.
Which is the colour of my bird?
Alas, the parrots flew away with the answer.
But each with the same feathers.
And now we are flying trees with the same feathers.
(The end)
(On parrots:
Most parrots are monogamous, form strong pair bonds which in some cases last for life, which in larger species atleast 82 years.)
gregarious wolf
monogamous mating pair ~
voracious young yowl
winter feast scarce
rapacious wolf snuffles snow ~
nimble hare cowers
alpha female reigns
wolf pack provides provisions ~
playful pups gambol
Ah! The Realisation.
I brooded and cursed my life
Not knowing how to please my wife
I never felt love from her
But I felt dead without her
She was my everything
For her I was nothing
She showered some love here and there
Keeping me hooked on to love there
One day my heart fell apart
And I wanted to part
She just held on to my part
How could I now be apart
She played with me with joy
I like an idiot thought it was true joy
Little did I know it was a ploy
I was dancing like like a little boy
She went about her ways
Me doubting her no ways
She led the way
I followed her way
I thought she has gone astray
But it was me filling the ashtray
I wanted to give up my life
But it's tough taking a life
Then suddenly I realized
That life is to live and realized
Realized that it was an open relationship
And I presumed it as a monogamous relationship
I will now live an open relationship
Ah! The Realisation it's an open relationship
Eagle
majestic bird
ponderous predator
clumsy flyer, adroit hunter
strong symbol of imperial power
high, inaccessible aerie
monogamous mating
staid homebody
Eagle
Almighty ( El Shaddai, in Hebrew)
Benevolent
Creator-Sustainer
Demon-Destroyer
Everlasting Father
Faithful for Generations
Grace with Jesus-Face
Holy
Independence Personified
Just and Jealous (Hosea, in Old Testament)
Kindness Long-term
Lamb of Sacrifice
Monogamous (again, Hosea, among others)
Nation-maker, nation-breaker
Omniscient
Punctilious
Question and The Answer
Righteousness Personified
Savior
Timeless
Universe and Universal Solution
Verity
Water of Life
X-ray of your heart
Your Truthteller, to set U free
Zealous
Sources: Bible, Gospel of John, & Old Testament:
Genesis 22, Hosea. Isaiah 7:14 & 9:6
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