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NOISES OFF

In pre-dawn “off my rocker” spells

I analyse the cockerels

That run a verbal relay race

360 round my girlfriend’s place.

You’d think they have the self-same call

But, oh my goodness, not at all!

There’s one that gives a startled croak

As if a neighbour tried to choke

The blighter that had spoiled his sleep.

The next cry, though, is twice as deep.

A third puts in an extra note

As if a walnut’s in its throat.

Then from a fourth, with dreadful poise,

That “nails on blackboard” kind of noise.

They start to scratch each other’s itch

And over trump the last one’s pitch

Until a vibrant “doodle do”

Fires up a local dog or two

Which also do their best to be

Exponents of cacophony.

I’m sure that I can’t be the first

To think a quick machine-gun burst

Would mean for sure that one less bird

Would have its paranoia heard.

But I refrain, for nature’s sake.

Besides, by now, I’m wide awake.

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