[Charlie Southerland]

Limit:Two Tons


I have a two-ton Dodo bird in my
possession. I've heard they're near extinction.
He sits around a lot; he doesn't fly.
He yaks with an erudite distinction.

He loves pistachios and cashews whole,
and when it's warm he plucks worms from my lawn
and sometimes with his beak snags a mole
out of a tunneled hole. Dodo is "Quan".

I pamper him with nature shows and beer.
Oh yes, he's fond of drink and chips and soaps.
Add that to religious shows and it's clear
that he thinks he's off to heaven, he hopes.

My Dodo is my closest, dearest friend.
Two tons of love, four-thousand pounds of it.
I never talk about his weight, offend
him. I weigh two-tons too, I must admit.