Cockatoos And Wisteria by I.M. Spadecaller (2018)

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Description They count me but a common bird,Unworthy of respect,Who see me chained, with mien absurdStriving to croak some alien wordOf some strange dialect;A captive robbed of freedoms right,To be a clown for mans delight.But where, in blue skies, wild and free,My gleaming cohorts go,Screaming in joyous ecstasy,To settle on some withered treeLike sudden falling snow,Or great white blossoms heaven sent Here am I in my element.Come, seek me then to be a clownFor mans divertissement!For as the great flock settles downTo raid your fields by bush or town,High is my sentry sentTo watch from out the topmost treeWith keen, unwinking scrutiny.Now, let the smallest sign denoteSome threat of danger nigh,And sudden, from a screaming throatHe sounds his warning trumpet note.His golden crest held high,And we are gone, like drifting snow,Shrieking derision as we go.The White Cockatoo: A Poem by C. J. Dennis (1935).Presently, the Yellow-crested Cockatoo is critically endangered in the wild.

I.M. Spadecaller
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