What came first, the bird or the Egg?
Passages
flown with air,
Molecular
divisions sift
Honeycomb
walls
Into
ventricles
Ventricles
called Atria.
Oxygen
Carbon-Dioxide
Traded
Cross
flow
Sera
Serum
Capillaries
Diffusion
The
entire cavity of the body of a bird
Acts
as a bellows, afforded our
Feathered
friends to move air through their lungs
Bones
fuse
Singular
Ossifications
Pygostyle
Computer
for the tail
Hollowed
Criss-crossing
strut
Trusses
of strength
Pneumatized
Fly
---supracouideus
flapping
between
the beat of wings
“Hey,
Bird Brain, sing for me?”
Tweet
Tweet
Tweet
Chirp
Chirp
Chirp
“
I said sing, I know you can do better than that”
(Lines
up the Winchester—up, down, side to side)
Birds
are known for their beautiful voices
Even
that of the Raven
Or
that of baby vultures
--speaking
of which- all babies are the same- from fish to birds to oxen, from gorillas to
lynx, to Human beings—all depend upon others, or predators will feast. Yes predators will feast.
But
digression aside, birds go great with coffee
No,
not in the edible sense
But
that gets me thinking- hmm.. Do all birds taste like chicken?
“Enough
of this, sing, sing, sing or else”
So,
when the bird wants to sing
It
merely opens up Syrinx
No,
different spelling
I
don’t believe there are temples in avian vox
Perhaps…
But
different still
Really,
how?
Fly
away
Come
fly away
Hollowed
bones
Grab
the wind
Spread
your wings
Fly
from here
Fly
away
I’ll
dream you’ve travelled
Travelled
far
To
a special place
One
you’ll love
One
you’ll never want to leave
They
say, birds do anyhow,
That
the family that flies together…
And
I’ll wait for you
I’ll
wait
For
your springtime serenade
So,
what became of Mr., hmm, never caught his name, so I’ll call him Sylvester
Fudd?
Well
the details are unclear
But
the Winchester never left his ear
And
the song was said to have been
So
beautiful even he cried for ten.
smiles...that is some birdsong...some interesting bits on their biology and where the song comes from...
ReplyDeletei don't think i really get it fully fred but what i got left me speechless
ReplyDeleteOkay so I still don't know what came first. Through all the chirps and the singing all the cat wanted to do was have lunch..haha. The rhyme played to his ear quite well though. An intersting thought to ponder though. But the chicken came first, that's my theory and sticking to it. Oh and that cat won't take the coffee but the bird, the edible kind..haha
ReplyDeleteBrian- yeah a bit of a biology lesson today- figured I'd post something about life after that brush with the devil and near-death-lol
ReplyDeleteClaudia- This piece is basically a biology lesson that merges with cartoon and hunting, plus a bit of philosophical questioning along for the ride. Always great to hear I can take away your speech-but please, never your pen:)
Pat- yeah the cat definitely takes the bird- always. Yeah, you'd think the chicken would have to come first, because they make the egg, but then you need the egg to get the chicken- unless of course there was some Adam and Eve like chicken out there- in which case I want the details around the Cain and Abel chickens-lol
Thanks for reading- appreciate the feedback, was fun to read, thanks again
Whoa, this is trippy! Just as I was marveling at how you were making that ornithology sing, you started waving the Winchester and cracking me up! This is very cool.
ReplyDeleteInteresting movement of the poetry from anatomical to comical. The narrator is wanting the birds to sing, so he could spot them and shoot them isn't it? :D Nonetheless he seems fascinated by their nature and ways, these are sidethoughts while he waits it seems.
ReplyDeleteMama- glad you enjoyed the piece- I was doing a bit of cartoon play there at the end- so I'm glad the humor didn't go unnoticed
ReplyDeleteRaven- thanks I'm glad you enjoyed the piece, yeah there is definitely that feel, yeah, I think he's a bit confused, which is where a bit of the humor comes into play- he think's the bird is trying to outwit him, which of course it is- and as the piece continues, it's supposed to show how the beauty in sound can quell the urges of this sort of person. Sort of how you read it, just a bit more- I probably wasn't as clear as I would've liked, at least that's how I felt when reading it over- I may go back and tweak a bit here or there, but not sure yet. Thanks again, great feedback as always