Poems of the Week

Cockatoodle-oo

by Julia Griffin

“Cockatoo rescued after ‘living on brioche’ for four weeks inside Sydney supermarket
NSW environment minister hopes ‘Mickey will be flying free by tomorrow’ after successful
capture by wildlife services”
The Guardian

The Sydney supermarket cockatoo
Flies free at last.  All I can say is, Gosh;
How has it kept itself so buoyant through
Four weeks’ worth of Australian brioche?