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Miz Quickly’s Day 15: About That Bird

About That Bird: Day 15 with a Parrot Named Suky Tawdry

Falsely Positive

His parrot has ordered
a Covid test.

It’s sick
of all this negativity

and wants to try being
positive.

Excerpt from the chapbook “30 Days with a Parrot Named Suky Tawdry” which might one day be published. Written for Miz Quickly’s Day 15 “About That Bird” Photo by Ahmed Zayan on Unsplash. Shared with #APoemADay on Twitter   ©Misky 2021

Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on Twitter   ©Misky 2021

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10 responses to “Miz Quickly’s Day 15: About That Bird”

  1. Miz Quickly avatar
    Miz Quickly

    That bird. Likely to get a false positive.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      I’d actually written it as false positive but it seems complicate the punchline.

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  2. Ron. avatar
    Ron.

    Now I wanna cracker.. Happy Friday, M.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks, Ron

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  3. abigfatcanofworms avatar
    abigfatcanofworms

    Great poem! 🙂

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks ☺️

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  4. Hobbo avatar
    Hobbo

    Well written Misky. Parrots are cute but I always feels so sorry for them when I see them cooped up in those little cages. 😒

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Rest easy. This is one bird, Suki Tawdry, who writes her own space (and script)! I’ve been working on Suki for a year now, and I’d never put her anywhere she didn’t want to be.

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        Hobbo

        👍 Pleased to hear it. 🙂

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  5. Lisa avatar
    Lisa

    This is really fun, so clever! I’ve never had a parrot, but from what I hear they can be very negative when they choose to be.

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