Flamingos survive in the causticity of the volcanic lakes.
Their beaks skim tiny algae from the water's surface
And watch out for predators like jackals to make
Their mud-cone nest and to hold the eggs in that space.
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There is so much interesting detail in this piece. And I enjoyed how you mirrored the nature of humanity by the actions of the animals. There is wisdom everywhere, if we will look to find it.
i glanced at your 'bio'. i read your poem. it is not not a poem, but it seems more like a natural history paper...........with some rhyming and broken up into stanzas. i liked it, but i'd like it better if it had 'more', 'more' humor, or more 'sexy-humor' or more 'humorous ', OR 'all of that'! ! ! i wonder if you practice medicine as enthusiastically as you seem to practice poetry. bri ;) p.s. what do you mean by insensible and funky? ?