If you think that a penguin is smelly
Because he has stains on his belly
Then maybe a Gentoo
(Because he is meant to)
Pongs less than a common Adelie?
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When those with the straps on their chin
And the leer that is maybe a grind
Go fishing, they shortly
Return, rather portly,
From earlier being most thin.
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If eggs you are wanting to coddle
Or lessons in doing The Waddle
I’m sure you could learn
From a kind nesting tern
Or better, a penguin as model.
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If a Chinstap or a Gentoo
Found that it was to be sent to
Somewhere balmy
(Swaying, palm-y)
Would it know it was not meant to?
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If you lead a good life as a krill
Just swimming along as you will,
Will death then be followed
(As soon as you’re swallowed)
By having to come back… until?
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Slug-like seals are fast asleep,
Cautious penguins past them creep,
Well aware the danger real
Of being a nutritious meal.
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Dapper penguin, dinner-suited
It is know and undisputed
That your genus finds it normal
Wearing skin that looks so formal.
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Who does the cookery
Down at the rookery?
Dad feeds the lad
Spare krill that he had,
Mother will trudge
Fifty miles without grudge
But given the choice
Would her penguin-y voice
Say, “Stick it, my dear,
This is not my career
I am leaving, my son,
I’m becoming a nun
I look quite the part,
I’ve the Habit, to start
Please grant me this wish
For I’m darned SICK OF FISH!”
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Antarctica 1992
THE CRYPTIC LIMPET 