Pretty Pretty Bird/Rat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2012 Emily Dickinson Jr.  All rights reserved

 

 

 

The bird asked the rat

"why are you so lovely?"

The rat raised a single fuzzy

Eyebrow

"Pretty bird, Pretty bird

I'm a lowly rat. 

How can you say

I'm pretty

With your downy feathers

And

My scruffy fur in disaray?"

Asked the rat

"your fur is ugly."

Said the bird

" Then what is pretty?"

Asked the rat

"My nose? My eyes?"

"No your nose is slimy,

And your eyes common

and beedy."

"My tail perhaps?"

"No that is uglier than

 the most unappetizing

Of worms."

" Then pretty bird ,

How am I lovely?"

"You are lovely

Because you do not 

Know that you are lovely."

And the rat stared in

Petrified, confusion.

Wondering on this

Pretty bird's delusion.

And the bird said,

"You're hardly an animal

With that big heart you're using.

Pretty, Pretty rat

You're a pretty, pretty bird

In your scruffy rat-a-tat

Heart. 

That's why you'll scurry

Around

Long after this pretty sinful bird

Has been shot

To the ground."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Tina Kline]

A very positive poem. Powerful and touching.
What a wonderful story/lesson it tells.

[Cynthia Man]

You got me touched with this poem...I can't really tell why, but ten it did... My fav line is the same with others "You are lovely Because you do not Know that you are lovely" It's really great, and I like how the flow goes as well!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

thanx!! the flow is a lot different then my other poems so I was a little worried! I'v never ever written a poem almost entirely of dialogue

[Cynthia Man]

I think the flow really suits the poem :))))

[Dr. Wood ?]

you are lovely because you do not know that you are lovely....How good is that???

Great story here, vanity is a killer......

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Thanx!! I wrote it yesterday during class :-)

[Dr. Wood ?]

Well you should be congratulated, and admired....I could never get away with writing poetry during class in my day

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

lol! I dont always get away with it, I got in trouble during physics once for doing it but the teacher said shed allow it if I wrote about her subject thats where my poem "Isaac Neuton" came from

[Dr. Wood ?]

Pretty understanding teacher...I got caught out talking out of turn in class once and the french teacher asked mr what I was talking about...."Trousers" I said to him...he whacked me around the head

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

rofl niice!

[Alexa Tasch]

wow this was good. It was very creative in the way you delivered the message. Looks don't matter, your heart does. Awesome poem!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Thanx Alexa!! I'm glad you enjoyed it

[Alexa Tasch]

you're welcome!