Tail Or No Tail Means Wings Or No Wings Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

The the horse swats a fly off
Her back with the most beautiful of
Tails and the pig shakes its coiled joke
of a tail and the flies laugh until their
Stomachs are painful for they have never
Seen the likes of a pig's tail get at them.

The cow shows off its beautiful tail that
Is the numerous colors of a beautiful dawn.
I the pig swears that this joke has to come
To an end and climbs on the cow and tells
The flies to dare come up for it will
Show them what it is made of. It somersaults
On the back of the cow and takes its tail
Swats the flies off so hard they buzz off
Never to take the pig for granted for
They have learned that pigs can do it
In borrowed robes tail or no tail even
If they boast of wings pigs can do it
without those too. For the tale has
to end with a pig victorious.

For one day it will also give the flies all they
Need if it is about milk humans can drink,
For this is about knowing how to get
What you want.