Sunday, 5 October 2014

Jazz pigeons

They’re not gloomy, like crow or raven.
As twilight falls, just before dark
their self-confidence is craven.
Jazz pigeons have invaded the park!
These hooligans in fluorescent suits
are far too colourful for round here.
In a hungry cloud they strip our fruits.
Our birds are dowdy, like our beer.
Shocking in their bright green livery
they are hanging around the station
like a gang of Mods on a bank holiday.
Their raucous squawk is a provocation.
Who will liberate the English streets
of these foreign intruders, the parakeets!

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