got verse?: My Cousin's Bird

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Monday, December 19, 2005

My Cousin's Bird

I found out that my cousin
Had a soft spot in his heart
For a bird that he called Nikki
Who was extremely smart.

He kept him with him always
Close by, near at hand.
But the death was rather sudden
So his funeral was unplanned.

Well, he put him in a jar
And stored him in the trunk
Of his Honda Civic clunker
Along with some old junk.

'Twas really sometime later
That he moved that poor bird's nest
From his trunk to backyard soil
And put that bird to rest!

Yet I cannot help but wonder
What came first, the death or jar?
Did he take him on vacation
And forget him in his car?

...dave 12/18/2005

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