Two black blackbirds
with bright yellow beaks
were sat, discussing poetry,
philosophy,
and The Company of Leeks’.
The first black blackbird,
commented thus,
‘If I could come back,
through the myth of reincarnation,
I’d like to be a bus.’
The second black blackbird,
Unfalteringly replied,
‘Fare’s fair: ‘tickets please!’,
‘A little less fuss!’
‘Please move further inside!’ ‘
A wizened owl,
perched close by,
considered the words,
elucidating the wisdom
from the warblings of birds.
Graeme Sandford 