Life with a Parrot

Life with a parrot is strange but sweet,
With rooms filled with chirps and chatter and cheeps.
Now gather around and I'll tell you a tale
Of a bird who eats… and flings her kale.

Kale on the wall, kale on the floor,
Kale on the ceiling, and kale on the door.
Look down there, a bug's on the floor!
Instead, it's some down from a bird that's soared…

Into the air and around my head
This bird is fleeing cause it's time for bed.
Onto the curtain rail, on top of the door,
As if to say "Come on, come on, chase me some more!"

Into the kitchen, into the loo…
What is a cute little birdie to do?
Birdies are suckers for apples and grapes;
It's a trick to get her down from the drapes.

Moms often need help, in the way of a ploy.
Use treats for distraction, or even a toy.
Gellert says, " Screech!" and thinks to herself
(As she goes in her cage and into her nest):
"I'm not tired; don't want to rest."

I babble and chatter and chirp and cheep;
Then forage around for my last bit of treat.
I look for the Kale; it's nowhere in sight!
Look! There! There's some by the light!

I know what to do; I'll snatch it through flight,
But the cage door is bolted and locked real tight.
Someone please help! I need one last bite!!!!!

I let out a scream and Mommy comes by,
To check out the problem; she quickly replies…
"Gellert, I love you, but it's time for bed."
Out the light went so I firmly said,

"Squishy swha shwa squishy shwye"

I think she understood and to my delight,
She brought me some kale from the kitchen so bright.
I had a few bites and then I was done.
I decided it was time to fling some for fun.

Mommy soon said, "Now have a good night."
I closed my eyes and out went the lights.
I grinded my beak; my content's no disguise.
I dreamed through the night of kale and treats,

Cause my mommy is neat; she can't be beat.
She knows what a bird like me wants to eat.

Written by......Lisa Long......Owner of Gellert...Green-Cheeked Conure/Lovebirds. Member of Parrot Passions UK