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Caption: Birden The Albatross
Caption: Birden the albatross
Carries the weight
of the downtrodden woes
But still on his heavily laden wings
we toss
What weighs in the conscience of friends and foes
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Caption: Who gave him this task?
Was it me, was it you?
It’s really too much to ask
And yet ask we still do
And like Santa’s sack
But not in a sleigh
And not one single toy
But on Birden’s back
Filled with the antonym of joy
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Caption: He lumbers on with tired wings
Across the sea of despair
In search of a place
To place these things
A place to unload these cares
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Caption: ...what weighs in the conscience of friends and foes" rAveNswAn
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Caption: One morning, he met a dove
And asked if it’d help carry
Some of this weight
…help him rise above
But though it cooed,
its plans it would not vary
And it flew off,
thus did the hope
its wings did carry
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Caption: That afternoon... upon inquiring for assistance from a swallow
Not the everyday sort
But a slightly larger
non-migratory fellow
A coconut-bearing African Swallow
Of course
“You’re cryin’ over spilled coconut milk, you know!”
He replied and did so with absolutely
no remorse
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Caption: “You’re cryin’ over spilled coconut milk, you know!” A coconut-bearing
African Swallow
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Caption: Near dark,
he solicited aid from a bird
Carrying a small package
as it happened by
Still over the sea of despair
flew this third
With its infant package
in mouth, it replied
“I unly curry bibbies…
‘em a schtork!
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Caption: The next day,
at morning’s early glow
When he had thought all hope for help was gone
Birden came across
a carrion crow
Who, when asked, retorted
“Son, I can’t manage
more than a carry-on
And speaking of carry on,
that is also what I must do!”
So, without further adieu,
he did and was gone
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Caption: Carry on Crow!
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Caption: Then, all of a sudden,
like music to his ears
A bird approached,
singing a welcome greeting
But, as if it knew
Birden’s worst fears
When asked if it had room
It whistled in response,
“Not in a million years!
“A songbird
can only carry a tune!”
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Caption: Birden survived the sea;
he’d finally reached land
He spied a donkey in a field just off a mountain pass
He asked the fellow
beast of burden
if he’d give a hand
But, living up to its name,
it responded like an ass
“Would if I could,
but I’ve only hoof,
not hand!”
Caption: “In a similar encounter
with a mockingbird
He got nowhere,
because no matter what he would say
The bird mirrored Birden’s sentiments word for word
That is, till Birden said,
“Yes, I will help.”
He simply replied,
“No way!”
Then flipped him the bird
But before he flew away
In a gesture
both bizarre and absurd
He turned and offered,
“Have a nice day!
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Caption: At last … at last, a carrier pigeon,
surely it’d help carry
Even if just a smidgeon
Help carry this burden
too heavy for Birden to carry
The pigeon said nothing in response, but passed what he had to deliver
It was a message from a man
that had a monkey on his back
And like how forgotten toys
end up back in Santa’s sack
Thus this man’s problem
had landed on Birden’s back
But, responsibility accepted,
the man wanted it back
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Caption: The man had finally realized
a problem is something to face
Not to ignore, unload,
or turn about face
If others followed suit,
others in the human race
Then burdens’ weight
would be a lot easier to carry
Spread out over a much wider space
And Birden’s wait
would be only temporary
Before he could freely move on
at his own Birden pace
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Caption: Not an albatross But hey, cool picture!
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