Bird N D Hand
Alas, as the gender-biased Bible has it, Man born of woman is born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward. And humans are born with an acquisitive urge. See a penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have good luck. But a Birdie? We want to pick it up, to take it away from its harmony and minding-its-own-business life, to HAVE it, because we are predatory and foolish.
Here are the words to the acrostic:
Blimey ‘n’ sis boom Ah
It pays to be snatchy–tra la
Raddled, the Budgie’s o’erdrawn
Do let’s consider what’s SPAWN’D
One with Clay, Image and Text 
Very predatory indeed!
Evokes Gilbert and Sillivan, even if you do cite the King:
The flowers that bloom in the spring,
Tra la,
Breathe promise of merry sunshine –
As we merrily dance and we sing,
Tra la,
We welcome the hope that they bring,
Tra la.
Of a summer of roses and wine.
Of a summer of roses and wine.
And that’s what we mean when we say that a thing
Is welcome as flowers that bloom in the spring.
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Or in this case, perhaps more apropos:
On a tree by a river a little tom-tit
Sang “Willow, titwillow, titwillow”
And I said to him, “Dicky-bird, why do you sit
Singing ‘Willow, titwillow, titwillow'”
“Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?” I cried
“Or a rather tough worm in your little inside”
With a shake of his poor little head, he replied
“Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!”
He slapped at his chest, as he sat on that bough
Singing “Willow, titwillow, titwillow”
And a cold perspiration bespangled his brow
Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow
He sobbed and he sighed, and a gurgle he gave
Then he plunged himself into the billowy wave
And an echo arose from the suicide’s grave
“Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow”
Now I feel just as sure as I’m sure that my name
Isn’t Willow, titwillow, titwillow
That ’twas blighted affection that made him exclaim
“Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow”
And if you remain callous and obdurate, I
Shall perish as he did, and you will know why
Though I probably shall not exclaim as I die
“Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow”
Are e going to see a companion piece, Bird nd bush?
I hope so. With your newly acquired Acrostic talent, Michel, you’re the perfect guy to do it! 🙂