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| Magpie by Rubens Peale Visual prompt by Magpie Tales: Mag 295 |
Let them eat cake
if you must,
but never
drink wine.
A drunken magpie
is a silly thing
rolling about
with his inebriated flock.
They will stuff themselves
on fermented
apples
in the cider house.
They know no restraint
on cake or wine,
but after cake
they can still fly.
Feed them cake
if you must,
but withhold hard cider
and leave no rotten apples about.
J. Binford-Bell
November 2015
Nice write. :-)
ReplyDeletePerfect!! Love the visual of drunk Magpies partying!!! xo
ReplyDeletehah! and some relatives need to cautioned also! Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteLet them eat cake, if you must. Or, qu'ils mangent de la brioche!
ReplyDeleteI have not yet seen a drunken magpie.. but I can guess what it looks like... I have heard of drunken moose.. and that has to be more of nuisance...
ReplyDeletemaybe they know what they have to eat...(?)...interesting!
DeleteBrilliant! Although 'let them eat cake' is attributed to Marie Antoinette, there is no proof she said it!! But you have said it here and I just love what you did with this. I'd love to see a drunk magpie. Which bird would give it the breathalyzer? An old crow? (Having just seen the Mag, I am stumped!)
ReplyDeleteA very beautiful writeup. Nice use of words.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteA lovely write .. I've actually heard of birds who get "high" on fermented fruit and I've been told it's not a happy sight. Thanks for the warning btw, I definitely won't give wine to the magpie. Bastet
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