| Turtleflies n Toenails
by: Karl Stewart 2/09/2011 |
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the turtlefly hangs all day wings made of shell give blazing speed he flits where ever he may unconcerned of falling down he flies from branch to branch and if he misses his perch just once he bounces when he lands but missing twice is not so nice unless he spreads his wings for bouncing is so hard on him a cracked shell really stings he makes his nest on fork-ed branch and lines it all with fur and decorates his jubjub tree then sits and waits for her his mate you see is not like he but rather large indeed she is the three-toed elephant and can barely climb his tree upon her back he lands so soft she barely knows he's there he walks up front to her great head and never moves a hair so when she hears his tiny voice whispered in her ear she thinks it is a thought of hers and has not a thing to fear he says come up and sit right here upon our wedding bed if only you would do as asked I'd paint your toenails red so up the tree she begins to climb with visions in her head of wedding bells and turtlefly shells and toenails bright and red forgot did she since she was three she's had a fear of height and grasping branches with her toes she climbs up in the night in the morning with sun's first light the jubjub tree looks bare with toes of red, she blends right in you cannot tell she's there her toes you see, resemble three bright cherries in a row unless she moves her ponderous bulk the elephant does not show she hides up in the jubjub tree while turtlefly flits around she holds so tight that from day one she never goes to ground so if you see, those cherries three can you trust your eyes is it cherries in the tree or the elephant in disguise |
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