the cockatoos
are swooping around
the plums
ripening yellow
and the sulphur-crested
snow-white fools
are practiced in the art
of bending balance
at the end of laden branches
nuisance
oh yes
they are a nuisance
the pulpy mess
they leave below them
is no rose
but dotted
here and there
among the greenery
they are baubles
on the tree
with the one perched
at the highest point
in the designated role
of angel
© Frank Prem, 2016
Poem #21: ping pong, under certain conditions
Frank Prem Poetry 
You have wild cockatoos? Cool☃
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Yes, we have many, many, many of these birds in large flocks.
They are beautiful, but screechy, and become a menace due to their habit of shredding wood – trees, branches, houses, yo name it.
Very pretty perched in a tree – Australian Christmas.
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I had a green African parrot who talked. Per so laity of a two yr old
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Hopefully he didn’t eat his cage. The white cockies would at least try to.
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No, he tried eating my arm, and my lip. He was spoiled and then when people came to stay with us, he got jealous. 🙄
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Ha ha – ratbags, the lot of them!
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😂
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🙂 They are worth thousands of dollars each here in the U.S.A. That is plenty to squawk about! 🙂
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Surely, surely, there’s some kind of arrangement we could reach …
No, they’re a wretched nuisance in many ways – no almond tree is safe – ever- but we love them all the same.
Very smart critters.
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Well, it is illegal to export them out of your country (and for us,in the U.S., to try to obtain them). They can be bred here in the U.S. (and then sold). I once knew a woman who, before she died of old age, would breed them and sell them for over $2,500 each. I used to breed the large South American macaws… but quit doing that as i got to be older.
They belong mostly in nature… and you are very lucky to see them that way… any damage aside! 🙂
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Yes, I enjoy seeing the birds in nature. Plant the right plants, create a bird friendly environment and they will come to visit and live. Much the best war, for me.
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