Sweet Bird of InsanityA Poem by Wilyem Clark
O sweet bird of insanity,
How you hover and peck at me, Petulantly, Trill incessantly Dawn till dusk. Clicking your talon-nails Castanet-like In a frenzied fling, How you cast your net like A fevered zoologist Or lepidopterist Ready to pounce On a poor, damaged specimen: Witlessly wary-less, Specious, bespeckled man, Humbuggered speck, no less, Carcass for sale. O to caress again Sweet dove insatiable, Sweet and unstable love, Roc unsurpassable, Hecklethrush mine! © 2017 Wilyem Clark |
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1 Review Added on December 27, 2017 Last Updated on December 27, 2017 AuthorWilyem ClarkWashington, DCAboutI've been writing poems since my teens (now in my 60s) and prose since the 1990s. It's been hard finding decent forums online--the free websites too often suffer sudden deaths. My "published" works ar.. more.. |

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