A mischievous little bird called …

By Rhiannonw

Wed, 04 Nov 2020
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A little bird ‘IwanTit’*
around my eyes will flit
and perch on pride
when I’ve espied
some new attractive acquisition,
tweeting the fake notion
that I deserve this popular posession:
its wings fan up obsession.
    So will I let IwanTit* lead
    to only heed
    the voice of lust and greed
    and peck away thoughts of another’s need;
will I be on my guard
responsibly to use my plastic card,
that mischief-maker’s murmurs disregard.    

*= I want it

Certificate U
Poem
Miscellaneous
Philosophy
Humour

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Submitted by Tom Brown on

I had a lovely yellow little budgie she was tame and knew some words her name was Sandy, but the cat got hold of her while I was cleaning her cage. She was never the same it still haunts me can you believe it.

All the best! Tom Brown

PS. My late uncle taught me that when he picks something up in a shop to look at he always asks himself "Do I need it, or do I want it?" And people will now be shopping like mad like always covid or not.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Tom. Years ago when one of my sons was very small, he seriously told me that there was a Blue Tit, a Great Tit and 'I want it'.

I was never sure why he said it, but it stuck in my mind humourously and recently our 3 year old granddaughter has come to live 'next door' and hearing the frequent exclamations of 'But I want it' or 'But I don't want to' made me think about this old story and the pressures on us all! Rhiannon