Ho Kookaburra

Ho Kookaburra

can’t sing a note –

all of his songs

get caught in his throat.

Ho Ho Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha,

it sounds easy but it’s not

as he scrapes and cackles, saws away,

it’s the only song he’s got.

It’s enough to make you laugh –

that’s the one thing he can do…

Try to copy him – Ho Ho Ho Ho

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ho Ho

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ho –

your sides will shake in two.

Katherine Gallagher