Bird Mail

Poetry

A little Willy-Wag-Tail bird

Came to visit a few weeks ago

It hopped around the garden

And put on quite a splendid show

Every day, I welcomed it

Watching it wag its tail with glee

It made me feel happy inside

This bird coming to visit me

But then a friend informed me

In recounting this visit so sweet

That a visiting Willy-Wag-Tail

Brings bad news, you’ll soon greet

I scoffed, and said – no way!

Do not jinx my mind to think so

It’s only if I believed it true

That’s how it’s supposed to go

Too late – bad news appeared

Not once, but twice and more

Even though I had not believed

And sorrow did not look for

Bad news no longer has a chance

To come our way to stay

When noticed arriving, it receives

A blast away with the hose spray.

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If only it were that simple! J

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