Stop Picking On Me! …..[man Meets Nature, Close-Up; Humor? ; Very Short] Poem by Bri Edwards

Stop Picking On Me! …..[man Meets Nature, Close-Up; Humor? ; Very Short]

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I woke up, on my back, staring at the sky,
to find a vulture staring back. I knew not why.
Of a sudden, it hissed, flapped its wings, did NOT fly.
I said 'Shit! You're a vulture', and it plucked out one eye.
Just ONE eye, mind you, but it still ….made me cry.

(June 20, 2016)

Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: birds,humorous
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
i was taking a walk in the country, bird-watching, and among the birds i saw were several turkey vultures soaring high above me [not TOO close above me]. they are good scavengers, eating roadkill deer and other creatures lying around waiting to be eaten. one picked a dead mole from our backyard recently. i don't know how/why the mole died, but i'd seen it back there earlier that day. it carried the light-weight body away, held by the bird's beak. i've also seem them pick at a dead opossum in our backyard. nice sanitation experts! bri)
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Chuy Amante 21 June 2016

it sounds like you are unable to carrion now

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Bri Edwards 24 May 2023

If YOU search for a poem Stop Picking On Me, you should find two basically identical poems: i think my spacing and PH's habit causes them to be existing separately. They each have comments. bri ;)

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Tom Allport 25 May 2017

a very funny poem with a message of when out in nature better to sleep with one eye...OPEN? .....still laughing Bri, wonderfully written.

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Loke Kok Yee 26 August 2016

The only vultures here are the politicians Fully dedicated to lies and corruption And their skin are as thick as those in your country Immune to shame like a pair of mating monkeys

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Eugene Levich 22 June 2016

Zounds like E. A. Poe wrote this poem... but yours beats Poe's for funny.

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Kelly Kurt 21 June 2016

Just be glad it didn't start plucking about 3 feet further south. : -)

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