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THE RAINBOW OF YOUR SMILE

For my dear, Monsieur Pistolet : 0)

 

“Everything in art depends on execution: the story of a louse can be as beautiful as the story of Alexander. You must write according to your feelings, be sure those feelings are true, and let everything else go hang. When a line is good it ceases to belong to any school. A line of prose must be as immutable as a line of poetry.”

 

― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuanbnnzXQ4

WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW – AMY WINEHOUSE

 

Parrots are very social creatures

full-on colours and pretty features

loving and giving and bringing delight

perched on a branch or in full flight

 

I study them and think anew

of what we can learn and what we can do

smile at a stranger; give the gift of love

offer a helping hand like an angel above

 

They make me smile with their funny ways

these Rainbow Lorikeets prefer sunnier days

but they seem happy despite the rain; carefree

they love each other that is plain to see

 

Male and female are hard to tell apart

both are beautiful and warm my heart

she is on the left and he is on the right

it's easier to tell when they're sitting tight

 

The female has some yellow that mingles with the red

and the male one has the reddest breast and a squarer head

just then they turned towards me and them I am unsure

but does it really matter as long as they adore

 

They like to eat pollen and nectar and fruit

the male puffs up his rainbow suit

protecting his mate from the other parrots

so she can digest her food but she does not like carrots

 

They like apples and pears and grapes and sunflower seeds

some figs and nectar to fulfil their needs

papayas and mangoes opened by a fruit bat

make them smile inside like the Cheshire cat

 

I stayed with them for quite a long while

getting drenched but with a constant smile

and then sadly it was time to go

what a lovely experience; my dreams overflow.

 

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Wish you all a lovely and loving week filled with blessings <3

 

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Uploaded on November 18, 2018
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