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You might have red eyes, too,
if you’d been up all night
consuming mistletoe
by the bunches.
But maybe you know what
I mean.
What a mess—
why did I treat that party
like
it was 1999?
Phaino-pass-the pepto, please.
© 2025 Jennifer Wagner
Phainopeplas have red eyes and consume an abundance of desert mistletoe. Also, Day 4 and I’m already feeling it—pass the poetry Pepto ;-)
(image above found in the public domain)
Delightful! Smiles all around and what a cool bird. I'm really enjoying bird month but it makes me wonder. What kind of bird are you? I imagine something bright and colorful that strikes those who gaze upon it with a sense of amazement...
ReplyDeleteall nighters have so much less appeal anymore , except for the mistletoe inspired kinds, I suppose~
ReplyDeleteHands you the big economy size bottle. Down the hatch, woman, you have miles to go before your keyboard sleeps. (You can do it.)
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