Quatrain of Kakapo Memories - 1162

Quatrain of Kakapo Memories

Kakapo - owl parrot

1.
O, strange legislative bird, with
the elegance of a penguin, a
walk akin to a
duck

But no, you are an owl just
short of smart genes and
out of guileless
luck.

You remind me of friends I
once had before I faced
the back side of
shame,

Now they are gone and what
is left are kakapo memories
from a dying
brain.

2.
I voted for change, but
all I got was tickled
by a smooth
feather,

I had hoped the policies
of the past could be shaped
to fit politically foul
weather,

But the bitterness grew as
I reached for agreements
to solve mounting
distrust,

And in the end freedom was
abandoned, I was left to
nest with a kakapo in vile
disgust.

Yorktown Disciple
1990