HUMMINGBIRDS
For Ahmad, who explicitly asked for a poem about hummingbirds
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No hummingbirds
Nowhere hummingbirds
What the eff are hummingbirds?
Birds, the world is filled with flocks
They have the weirdest names
I am NOT playing games
No regulars like sparrows or hawks
(screamers) Anhimidae
I'm asking you, what are they
(magpie goose) Anseranatidae
Are they fowl, or birds of prey?
(ducks, geese, and swans) Anatidae
Do we eat them, yay or nay?
But no hummingbirds
Nowhere hummingbirds
What the eff are hummingbirds?
Birds, there's small ones and real big
Birds that fly and birds that run
Birds you eat , or keep for fun
SO many birds, it makes me sick
(megapodes) Megapodiidae
Are the straight or are they gay?
(chachalacas, currasows, and guans) Cracidae
I even like the blue and grey Jay
(guineafowl) Numididae
Hand their juicy bits on a tray
But no hummingbirds
Nowhere hummingbirds
What the eff are hummingbirds?
You wanted a poem about hummingbirds
Well here it is my lovely friend
Do you know how much time I spent
Investigating your silly hummingbirds?
WHERE I LIVE THERE ARE NO HUMMINGBIRDS!
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February 6, 2017
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