Parakeets
(Budgies to you Aussies)

From Down Under
Now they chatter
To bird lovers
Everywhere

In and out of
Cages flying
Chatting chirping
Pretty bird

Green and yellow
Happy fellow
Shakes a feather
Talks to you

Sits on finger
Lampshade shoulder
Scolds then perches
On your head

– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, Feb. 7, 2015