Stirred-Up Eagles
Moses, clearly, doesn’t know
The first thing about a bird –
The very idea that they carry their kids on their backs
Is clearly absurd.
Now ducks will swim with their chicks up-top,
But no birds fly with the over-slung.
I mean, how would they even flap
And not dislodge their precious young ?
From the moment they are laid, they are watched –
For racoons and owls are swift.
And long before they’re fully fledged,
They’re far too heavy to lift.
They never leave the nest until they start to branch,
And not for long.
Until at last, they fly away, all by themselves,
When the urge is strong.
Moses, clearly, doesn’t know
The first thing about a bird –
A shame, for the metaphor of these loving parents
Should be heard.
And a basic grasp of aerodynamics
Would quickly scotch such a fantasy –
But above all, enjoy them for what they are,
And not what prophets would have them be.
Rhyming Couplets 