The newly <br />acquired parrot <br /> <br />re-runs <br />(in all its naked glory) <br /> <br />each intimate <br />moment <br /> <br />of thier love <br />making <br /> <br />(the night before <br />the night before) . <br /> <br />All the fireworks <br />of passion <br /> <br />all love's <br />racqous riot <br /> <br />of colours cascading <br />through the senses <br /> <br />all lust <br />here displayed <br /> <br />in all its <br />exotic plummage <br /> <br />before <br />(not one) <br /> <br />but both <br />sets of mother-in-laws <br /> <br />come to <br />visit. <br /> <br />They try to <br />shush it up <br />(all to no avail) <br /> <br />the parrot's <br />really enjoying it all. <br /> <br />*More tea...anyone? '<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/more-tea-anyone/
