The Bird

What a funny bird the frog are.

When he sit he sit on what he ain't got almost.

When he hop he fly almost.

Now, the turkey is a noble bird.

Destined by Franklin to represent a fledgling nation,

he sacrificed himself to feed the hungry.

Ungainly and awkward in flight,

but truly resplendent with tail feathers spread.

His hen nourishes the young while he forages.

Indeed a noble bird.

The eagle is a symbol, too.

A scavenger of the weak and the young.

Graceful in flight with fearsome talons spread.

A symbol of two nations, former enemies now friends.

Sometimes called the Thunder Bird.

Noble, self sacrificing and fearsome.

Karen Rice, © 2010

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