The Flamingo

Flamingo! Flamingo! pink standing
In the boggy swamps of the Everglades,
What tacky plastic decoy
Could replicate thy single-legged wonder?

In what factory assembly line
Made the color of thy feathered coat?
From what station wagon hath he come?
How dare he seize the image of thy beauty?

And what rough gloved hand
Could mold the plastic of thine body?
And when thine form began to take shape,
What hand drives into what yard?

Flamingo!  Flamingo!  bright pink standing
In the boggy swamps of the Everglades,
What tacky plastic decoy
Dare replicate thy single-legged wonder?

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