Don’t Make Me



I love the music

Barn Swallows make...

It’s usually in the morning

Before I awake...


Their sound is so piercing

Like a police car siren...

When they get with their siblings

Together, all commence to cryin’...


Their tummies are hungry...

Their voices are strong...

But sometimes it’s too damn early

To join them in song...


I wish their mother

Would feed the poor birds...

Thank goodness they can’t talk

Or we would hear nonstop words...


Would you please feed your children

So I may go back to bed...

Don’t make me grab my slingshot

And put a BB in their head...


© 2021 Jeffrey Pipes Guice

Photo credit: Xianwei Zeng

Location: Audubon Park, New Orleans

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