White Bellbird: Louder Than A Jack Hammer Poem by Terence George Craddock

leave Aotearoa hear loudest
bird in the world scream
we will we will rock you

cross mighty Pacific Ocean
to mighty Amazon Rainforest
jungle is decibels sudden split

is split with piercing solo call bird song strange
in distance is eerie haunting echo answer call
stillness sudden spike knows no noise control

in forest shocking loud sounds mechanical
sounds out of place wilderness unnatural
hear scream call Amazon white bellbird at

125 decibels this pigeon sized midget has pipes
Amazon white bellbird startling packs noise punch
the loudest bird in the world can concert rock it

rocks at decibel pneumatic drill drilling
louder than a jack hammer its a pile driver
a turbo prop plane starting revving engines

preparing for flight; metallic chimes metal
head pounding unsettling auditions to lead
heavy metal band no just a male mating call

attention seeker at 50 to 100 feet
away musical charming guaranteed
to get racy local hot chicks rocking it


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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