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The Dodo
The Dodo never made the height
Air traffic is allowed
He never passed another bird
He never touched a cloud
No aerobatic flight display
Inability to soar
Missed every thermal updraft
His wings were just décor
He’d flap his wings to no avail
They made a flappy sound
A hop, a jump, a skip, then fall
He never left the ground
He didn’t bother trying to hover
He couldn’t even float
A flightless clump of feathers
It really got his goat
Depleting numbers angered him
Extinction such a scandal
He popped his cork, he lost the plot
He flew right of the handle
The only flight he ever made
You’d miss it if you blinked
A lack of anger management
Is why he’s now extinct
Published 9th Jan 2015
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Anonymous
9th Jan 2015 9:59am
This is an amazing write my friend. I feel your sadness and disappointment.
I want to be the first to offer you a breeze to try and glide on sweetie :)
I want to be the first to offer you a breeze to try and glide on sweetie :)
9th Jan 2015 2:33pm
LOL I dont do gliding but thank you so much for the offer :-)
thank you for your comments and interest :-)
thank you for your comments and interest :-)
Anonymous
9th Jan 2015 4:06pm
I obviously miss judged the poem, I thought u were the Dodo..having read back through I see that clearly I'm the Dodo 😜
9th Jan 2015 4:30pm
No, no you were spot on and you are the first person to read this poem that actually got it
I am the Dodo :-)
I am the Dodo :-)
Anonymous
9th Jan 2015 7:56pm
Thanks...I feel a lot better, I hate misreading things. :) Two Dodos are we 😜
4th Apr 2018 4:32am
You have such a way with prose, it's such a cute story that is relatable, like when I was small I made paper wings for my arms to see if I could fly but they didn't work, sadly..
