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Friday, June 10, 2022
The LIfe 'n' Death o' Drinkin' Bird
Recall that drinking bird
science toy? You may have
called yours insatiable birdie
or dunking bird or even
(incorrectly) dinky bird
magic perpetual motion
machine. Whatever you
called yours, I assure you
it was nothing like mine.)
to me Drinkin’ Bird.
(His cocktail…?
(His cocktail…?
Shaken, never stirr’d.)
Propose a toast!
Propose a toast!
Me clinkin’ bird
will belt his next,
will belt his next,
throw down a third,
a fourth, a…
a fourth, a…
”’Nuf! Tha’s sinkin,’ Bird.
Tha face be flush’d.
Tha speech be slurr’d.”
(Me Drinkin’ Birds’s
(Me Drinkin’ Birds’s
one stinkin’ bird.)
“Tha’ll lose thy eyesight,
Drinkin’ Bird,
if tha’s glaucoma
if tha’s glaucoma
goes uncur’d.”
(At home we calls ‘im
(At home we calls ‘im
“Winkin’ Bird”;
four floaters
four floaters
leave his pupils blurr’d.
But dons he specs…?
Not Blinkin’ Bird.
His fear…? Folks label him
His fear…? Folks label him
The Nerd.
(Me Drinkin’ Bird’s
(Me Drinkin’ Bird’s
no thinkin’ bird.)
Play’d Steinways,
did me Drinkin’ Bird.
Like Liberace,
Like Liberace,
Bird play’d furr’d
(all ermin’d up:
(all ermin’d up:
no Minkin’ bird)
and swann’d about
and swann’d about
like hell, I’ve heard.
He once were bill’d
“Ye Plinkin’ Bird.”
(A memoir’s due.
(A memoir’s due.
‘Tis too absurd:
this turd’s become
this turd’s become
an inkin’ bird.)
“But ars runs longa,
Drinkin’ Bird.
Tha’s denoument’s
too long deferr’d.
No longer be tha
No longer be tha
‘Brink’in’ Bird.
Tha’s due to be
Tha’s due to be
in hearse chauffeur’d.
In zinc-lined urn
shall Zincin’ Bird,
ex-drinkin’ buddy,
ex-drinkin’ buddy,
be interr’d.
(En fin, me friend’s
(En fin, me friend’s
a Finkin’ Bird.)
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