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THE PARROT
by Edward Lucie-Smith ©

The parrot is a thief.
No word
Is safe in earshot
Of that bird.

He picks it up.
He turns it round.
He croaks.
He tries it out for sound

And then he says it,
Loud and clear,
And all the neighbours
Know you swear.

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