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sodpossom
Senior Member

since 2001-06-15

Posts 723
N.C

0 posted 2002-02-13 11:52 AM

Mighty wings hovering mid sky
a carcass licker flies nigh
Patiently awaiting a fresh meal
natural causes or road kill

A simple bird,a simple life and job
licking a carcass as if its corn of the cobb
A vulture to some a dirty bird to me
the state of N.C's number one employee

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

1 posted 2002-02-13 11:56 AM

Dear sp,
I have never heard the term 'carcass licker' til now. This is a great poem, and funny. But definitely not 'cute'.

Nan

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

2 posted 2002-02-13 11:59 AM

I love this one, Stevie....If you ever get to Michigan, you have to visit the Road Kill Cafe. This is a real place. I've never been there, but they say the food is "good"
If you visit us here in Michigan, we can all go there together. I hear that the waiters and waitresses are dressed up as vultures.

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

sodpossom
Senior Member

since 2001-06-15

Posts 723
N.C

3 posted 2002-02-13 11:59 AM

Nan
I aint never heard it before until I wrote this.I think I might have invented a new word lol!

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

4 posted 2002-02-13 12:00 PM

sodpossom. "licking a carcass as if its corn of the cobb" YUUUCK YUUUUCK BUT FUNNY IT IS

floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

N orth Carolina Girl
Senior Member

since 2001-12-04

Posts 962
NC,USA

5 posted 2002-02-13 12:03 PM

Stevie,there is no doubt they are some of the states best employees.At least they don`t stand around propped on a shovel.

Love you!

Juanita

"always have a smile on your face it makes people wonder what you`re up to:

sodpossom
Senior Member

since 2001-06-15

Posts 723
N.C

6 posted 2002-02-13 12:05 PM

Lyra
We will definitely have to check it out.That would be a interesting view.

floria
You will never look at corn on the cobb the same way again lol!

sodpossom
Senior Member

since 2001-06-15

Posts 723
N.C

7 posted 2002-02-13 12:10 PM

Mama
It kind of makes me wish one of these carcass lickers would go @#$% on their heads!

srsmith25
Junior Member

since 2002-02-07

Posts 22
Indiana

8 posted 2002-02-13 12:10 PM

Funny poem. It brought a smile to my face. I like vultures though - even though they're disgusting. I know of park where there are always turkey vultures flying and circling high. I love to watch them in the sky when I'm at that park.

sodpossom
Senior Member

since 2001-06-15

Posts 723
N.C

9 posted 2002-02-13 12:14 PM

srsmith

They are a very interesting bird.They are a flying obituary.When you see them flying you know something has died!

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