Prior to bed <br />Maeve covers no cage <br />She binds the beak <br /> <br />of four of the five <br />that cruise all day <br />all lemon and lime <br /> <br />from drape to drape <br />while on the divan <br />Maeve weaves, Maeve sings <br /> <br />The fifth she thongs <br />to a porch rail <br />to screech <br /> <br />until morning <br />A week from now <br />Maeve will drown <br /> <br />the last Siamese <br />when unlike her brothers, <br />the cat won't stop pacing<br /><br />Donal Mahoney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/five-parrots-and-a-cat/
