Cacatua Galleria

I’ve reached th’ confused conclusion our LNP, god 

bless ‘em, ‘ave been infused & bred from raucous 

flocks of sulphur crested cockatoos; either Liberal 

&/or National they’ve nonetheless partied together 

in th’ frenzied urbanity of their own blessing - with, 

need I say a treed cockatoo standing guard off to 

a safer side - & despite it - pride ‘em selves as th’ 

shadily true blue stuff all politicians are made of 

Crikey, should we tell ‘em those cockies are white 

with the crest hued yellow; - come to think of it, no 

need, they’d dispute it in th’ same feral screeching 

their forebears use t’ decide what th’ flock’s gonna 

do, before a manic wingbeat-flourishing departure 

of flamboyance ace fighter-pilots try to emulate 

Well, in that respect they’re unique - so I suppose 

we will have to learn to believe in and accept that 

it’s a case of a native Cacatua galleria in-camera

behaviour as species-protected by a team whose 

‘as profuse etiquette’ rings alarms each time they 

flock together noisily to debate - and then feed 

©18 February 2016, I. D. Carswell

LNP: Liberal National Party