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THE RED COCKATOO
by PO-CHU-I©
Sent as a present from Annam
A red cockatoo.
Coloured like the peach-tree blossom,
Speaking with the speech of men,
And they did to it what is always done
To the learned and eloquent.
They took a cage with stout bars
And shut it up inside.
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