Based on a true story … seriously …

O Haughty Penguin, shiny and staid
with magnificent yellow-white fluff;
You hate the zoo and are not made
for such banal and humid stuff.
The dictatorial zookeeper, fat and bossy,
insists that you play nice
But you present your response, so saucy:
a demonstrative penguin bite.

He jabs his walkie-talkie in your direction
to intimidate and corral,
but he’s graceless and gawky,and your predelection
helps raise the penguin morale
because it’s for his sorry human flesh
over which you will claim victory;
You are a penguin Gilgamesh
defending your people from enemies.

The Chomping! The Wailing! The Hissing! The Flailing!
He flees in fear from your beak!
In a pathetic wheeze, he claims he’ll say “please”
when next he demands you be meek!
O Penguin, stand tall with your beak full of fish
dropped in haste by the chastened employee,
the children all cheer because you got your wish
a moment of proud penguin glory.

<!– AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN –>
<a href=”http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php” onclick=”window.open(’http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&pub=OWMusic&url=’+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+’&title=’+encodeURIComponent(document.title), ‘addthis’, ’scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,width=620,height=520,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,screenX=200,screenY=100,left=200,top=100′); return false;” title=”Bookmark using any bookmark manager!” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif” width=”125″ height=”16″ border=”0″ alt=”AddThis Social Bookmark Button” /></a>
<!– AddThis Bookmark Button END –>

Tags: revolution, poems, birds //