Three more parrots make a decision
October 17, 2006
Three more parrots
Three parrots gathered in the Cafe to discuss
the matter of sailing
aboard Calabar
although sailing for parrots
seemed quite bizarre
“Old so and so Wacam is already there
If we don’t get on board
he’ll tell us we scare.”
“Too easy,” said Ronald,” we can’t risk the dare”
And so they took off on a wing and a prayer
and landed at sunset, weary but fair
winds had sustained them. The captain
was dubious, just how many birds
making noises, how curious
to have nests above deck
and suspected his ears
might be wrecked by cacaphony
endangered by flight
or wearied by wild disagreements at night
but decided to take ‘em
provided the Falcon
would administer the aviary
and the old crone’s witches
would sweep the deck. Crone Fran
Fran, I love the picture!
Love it you old crone! Ronald? Ronald!!! Is that the middle class conservative parrot?!! ( I’s jestin’ with yo’ gal, we’s all jesters on this ‘ere boat.)
OK — I’ll sit up in the ‘”crow’s nest”
and watch for disfarction
of parrot purpose –
if someone would tell me
what that is.
A Query …
I am a loss as to what to call
this aviary full of squabbling parrots.
We have
‘gaggles of geese’,
‘covies of quail’
and even
‘braces of dead ducks’ –
Some where between a
“Passion of Parrots” and
“Presumption of Parrots”
must be the proper term …
and I assume that this aviary
will be housed on the
“poop deck”
Dear Faucon: Even from your high place you might find yourself having a little difficulty with your pandemony of parrots, as we who live in this far place know only too well…Fran
Ok Fran hear comes crone number two with a wicked temper to match.Where the hell is the broom! Has another crone hidden it already.The pail goes over the side. Splash Look out! Out of my way,unless you want a free drenching. I Did warn you that I was not going to put up with fools. Your lucky I’ve calmed down some.Otherwise you would be swimming to catch this boot.Hard Toil is required to swob the deck even when she pitches and rolls and rations are low. Think on friends.Susan Preston (agjnseac)
Comes the time for reassurance: the three parrots who accepted the dare are all aristocrats and would not even consider using someone else’s poop deck. Ronald, is sixty and certainly no longer in need of personal toilet training . Simon and Archibald have also reached advanced years. Only the very young, that is forty or so would even consider travelling without proper parrot chamber pots. They did expect, however, to be welcomed and are currently conferring with regard to moving on to a more dignified position. Parrots of their eminent status did expect some level of service, even aboard a pirate vessel. Any further discussion of such mundane matters will be dismissed.
As for Crone Fran they suspect she has encouraged the visit to the Calabar under the heading of false advertising.
Good lord! The commotion has bought me out of the cabin to see what the devil is going on. I might have guessed that Croneological was causing some sort of mayhem. She is like that! With all these screeching birds up on the poop deck we will not get a moment’s sleep.
Bawahahaha
I love it
MotherBear
aka
Zesty the Parrot
on Calabar