Kooka-Burra Happy Valentine's Day Poem by Herbert Nehrlich

Kooka-Burra Happy Valentine's Day



I sit on my verandah sipping wine,
I am saddened that I have no Valentine.
You see I love a Kookaburra (true)
cannot recall whereto the Kookaburra flew.
I know this Kookaburra bird did change her name
well, just to raise the bar in this exotic game game.
She chopped the Kooka off and left alone the rest
and then she cloned the other half right near her breast.
So it is Burra who I miss, but I'm not sure
are they two souls or just pretending to endure
without attention from admirers and from fans,
it seems to be that they have real silly plans.
In case there ARE two pretty birds for me to love
I'd be so happy that it ain't a boring dove.
You see those doves go kuroo oo and oroo koo,
that is the gist of what their talent lets them do.
My chosen friends have pretty feathers and they roar
with raucous laughter and then roar a little more.
I say that laughing is a cousin to a smile
so let me sit a bit and wait for just awhile.

For My Special Kooka From Burra with LIEBE

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