THINK PINK by Russ McKay

Posted on July 8, 2010
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What would you think

If you were all pink

Except for your nose and your feet?

Oh ,and my non-pink legs

They’re as thin as pegs

But they keep feathers dry and that’s neat!

I stand in the pond

And I’m awfully fond

Of dipping my beak under water

My head’s upside down

And no, I won’t drown

‘Though to watch me you’d think that I oughta

I’m feeding that way

Straining food bits all day

Through small plates on the edge of my bill

There’s no other method

And the water is tepid

And keep eating that way I sure will

Eating shrimp makes me pinker

‘Though I’m not a great thinker

I believe Pink’s the perfect color

My pretty shade

I wouldn’t trade

For the hue of any other

My legs bend kinda strange

But they’re just rearranged

My ankle’s where your knee is on you

If they weren’t made this way

It would take me all day

To bend down the way that I do

I was born on a mound

Weighed under a pound

And I was an only child

All the Mommies like mine

Have one kid at a time

‘Though things still get kinda wild

There’s dozens of us

And we make quite a fuss

We mostly hang out in a crowd

When we’re together

In sunny weather

You’d think that we’re a pink cloud

And yes I can fly

It’s one way to get dry

But I prefer a lagoon

We eat drink and sleep

With no schedule to keep

We can do the same things sun or moon

Don’t think that we’re small

We’re large birds and grow tall

My Dad measures over five feet

I’ll get big too

I’ve some growing to do

I’ll be tall as him when complete

We’re a popular bird

But I have just heard

Something that is quite fantastic

‘Though I think it’s crass

People put on their grass

Flamingos made out of plastic!

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