They look more like gizmos than birds,
cartoonish cut-outs that flock outside
the house that time has marauded,
freaking out the orange tabby next door;
one gives me a mean-dog look
as I snap him with my camera:
you sneery snake perve, it says ;
‘bin chickens’, ‘dumpster divers’,
they look more like street people
scraggling for scraps than Sacred Ibis
John Malone 
I think their motto should I beak, I bin, I bis.
I love the line about the house that time has marauded. Excellent.
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haha; I like that; it’s the first time I tried to capture animal language —
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You and that orange tabby really should stop over reacting to the perfectly sacred ibises 😃
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thank you for pointing this out; I am having a good hard talk with myself and that orange tabbby about showing our ibis friends more respect 🙂
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I think they’re beautiful, but a bit unusual looking, not a bad way to be described
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yes, they are beautiful, as the Ray Stevens song says, in their own way but they really were a scrappy group; as for the one who gave me a mouthful …..
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hahahaha and I’d love to be known as part of a scrappy group )
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good on you, Beth; same here ; we don’t want to be too tame, too conventional 🙂
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We have Canadian Geese here, which are pretty large birds and can be very ornery. They will even chase you on occasion.
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why do we have such ornery creatures, Bob? what purpose do they serve? And as for the language: I’ve never been called a ‘sneery, snake, perve’ before 😦 What’s that all about?
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If I was called a “sneery, snake, perve” I’d have a smile on my face, though it was meant as an insult. Such a great line.
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hahahahha; learning to love it, Bob 🙂
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“you sneery snake perve, it says” – this is hilarious! They do look like they mean business, John. 🙂
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hahaha; yes, I thought that was a bit over the top too, Terveen ; my mother would have said: WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP 🙂
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Mothers can be dramatic, John. We all know that. Lol.
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so very true:)
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Love your opening and closing lines John. Gizmos, cartoonish cut-outs and the Sacred Ibis… sandwiching a very fun read.
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🙂 I appreciate that; I worked on this one over a few days to et the various snippets — they were all snippets originally — to mesh —
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Haha, gizmos … definitely a strange looking breed!
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they are; much like Puffins but less endearing 🙂
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