Weird-Bird by Shel Silverstein

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Weird-Bird

Birds are flyin' south for winter.
Here's the Weird-Bird headin' north,
Wings a-flappin', beak a-chatterin',
Cold head bobbin' back 'n' forth.
He says, "It's not that I like ice
Or freezin' winds and snowy ground.
It's just sometimes it's kind of nice
To be the only bird in town."

Shel Silverstein

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Kelsey Shattuck (5/16/2007 7:34:00 PM)
i liked this poem, because like the bird, i wouldn't mind being the only one in town either. (but then again, i'd miss florida....)
=)

Corey Hamlett (3/13/2006 12:44:00 PM)
dude this poem is awsome its all about how sometimes its nice to be different even if u must suffer

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