My Birds/Douglas Florian's Words

On morning tide

An egret sat

And gave the beach

a feathered hat

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How fortunate and opportune

To have a nose that's like a spoon

Did you descend from royalty, 

And is your spoon for stirring tea?

Or do you use it as a scoop

For eating peas and drinking soup?

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I stare

I glare

I gaze

I gawk 

With keen

Mean eyes

I am the hawk.

All day I pray

For prey to view.

Be thankful if

I don't

See

You!