bull-necked poets
still live (scarcely 300 of them)
on Popov summit – they hunt
as a rule back in Amazonia
and nestle all over Zanzibar
Bekescsaba and Afro-Romania

their beak is not longer than
a common dolphin but
their belly and tail are bluer
- in spite of being blunt-headed
their voice is too murky

usually
they are addicted to oysters
gamblers or dentists fatally
nocturne species, they can’t stand
the metallic glitter of bars

N. B.

they hardly ever hatch in captivity