The seagull squawks speaks
by Jane Williams
Hey you!
You’re looking at me like
you’ve got something to say –
Well OK then
I’m up for a chat,
a chitter, a chatter,
a yabber, a yak,
a tittle-tattle
jibber-jabber,
a yammering yap.
I’m open to suggestion
on topics for discussion
Let’s communicate, confabulate,
wag the chin and chew the fat.
Let’s prattle and babble,
let’s talk, talk, talk!
But first you’ve got to learn
how to screech, how to squawk –
so stretch out your neck,
now open your beak …
wait … what’s that?
You don’t have a beak?
Beg pardon, my mistake
for presuming you could speak!
Original and enjoyable. Thanks, Jane!