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BIRDS<br />
You might know about the yaffle,<br />
The culver and the widgeon –<br />
All a bit more exciting than<br />
That boring bird, the pigeon.<br />
How about the cassowary?<br />
The apteryx? The moa?<br />
Those flightless birds next to whom<br />
Most others run much slower.<br />
There is nothing beats the eagle<br />
Or the falcon or the kite,<br />
When it comes to acrobatics<br />
They excel themselves in flight.<br />
Some other birds mistrust the sky<br />
And think that water's grander.<br />
I am thinking now of the swan,<br />
The ouzel and goosander.<br />
It is true the parrot's boastful<br />
And speaks a lot of rot<br />
And insists on being filthy<br />
When his owners wish he'd not.<br />
He's really not my favourite bird.
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