quail | Shawn L. Bird

poem- family outing June 6, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 7:33 pm
Tags: imagery, metaphor, poem, poetry, quail

Mama and Papa Quail,

wearing identically jaunty hats,

are trying to contain

two dozen very excited,

fuzzy brown ping-pong balls.

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(and they were ADORABLE as they churned about the grass!)