Oh pretty peacock, <br />why perch you thus, <br />so haggard and so woebegone, <br />upon the wooden rail? <br /> <br />Is it that recent hail <br />has bombarded your skinny body <br />and left you primping your wet feathers <br />with a cold beak? <br /> <br />Or is it perhaps <br />that your bonnie mate (too late) <br />has left to nest elsewhere <br />after last month's lusty cacophony. <br /> <br />I'd like to invite you into my warm house. <br />But sadly I have two hungry cats…<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/peacock-story-10-oh-pretty-peacock/
