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French hens and turtle doves,
swimming swans, laying geese—
what does Leda think?
Twelve days of invasive birds calling
piping, milking, dancing, leaping,
and drumming,
putting the pear-bottomed
Partridge Family
up a tree
in five golden
rings of fire.
The McKenzie Brothers
said it better.
I’ll drink my beer
in your Christmas tree.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!
Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.
Intertextuality is my passion.
Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.
My words are mine, not a robot’s.
MA English literature, CofC
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