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Birds by Aristophanes
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it was ok
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Nephelococcygia, a metropolis in air,
Zeus' cloudy nightmare,
Unlikely a bedroom scare
From a sparrow’s wild rare.

A respite between heaven and earth,
“An avian heaven�, says Pisthetaerus,
Flirting with the nightingale’s mirth
Hoopoe consents ; what a fucking putz!

Sacred chants float over the lustral waters,
The birds join the jubilant choir,
The peacock dancing in a tutu simply backfires,
It’s not an ass-whooping Le Ballet Noir!

The pelican, the spoon-bill, the horned-owl, the teal, the stormy petrel and the titmouse,
Solemnized the laws of the land,
Harboring the Olympians grouse,
I rather be chained and canned.

Messiah to Bitch Dependency,
“Birds over bitches!� proclaims a pimp called Slickback,
Pleading for wings is a bitch tendency,
Cloud-cuckoo town- a two-cent hustler.

Rainbows descent on womanly divinity,
“That’s a bitch!� , yelps Slickback,
Iris, messenger of Gods, heart of Zeus� affinity,
“That bitch’s gonna fuck y’all".

Perching on twigs, the birds laud the forgotten heroes,
A choral interlude, a cry for pigeons,
Howl the pigeons preening their Afros,
“You came to the wrong neighborhood, motherfucking wigeons!�

A cry of an amateur,
Verses may not rationally click
Least an award clincher,
I care a fuck ; I just blasted a stick!








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February 21, 2013 – Shelved
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Praj Yes on to Clouds! I guess Aristophanes just filled in empty paper spaces with this play.


message 2: by Praj (last edited Feb 21, 2013 10:36PM) (new) - rated it 2 stars

Praj The experts are bullshitting! Am I ignorant?;). Each to his own opinion.


message 3: by Ian (last edited Feb 22, 2013 11:52AM) (new)

Ian "Marvin" Graye Praj, you silver-tongued wonder, you silver-tongued song bird (though the following picture doesn't do justice to my mental image of you):





This is an award clincher and you are not an amateur.

Your review makes me want to read Birds/Clouds, just so I can see what inspired you to such delicious verse. And maybe I could be inspired, too.

For me it conjures up images of both Athens and Manhattan...Manhatthens.


Praj Ian, Cloud/Birds would be marvelous for your poetic verses.


message 6: by Manny (new)

Manny Gorgeous!

Just out of idle curiosity, what is “That bitch’s gonna fuck y’all" in Classical Greek?


message 7: by Ian (new)

Ian "Marvin" Graye Praj wrote: ""

I can't see this.


message 8: by Ian (new)

Ian "Marvin" Graye I loved the way your rhyme scheme initially forced me to pronounce Pisthetaerus so that it rhymed with earth.


message 9: by Ian (new)

Ian "Marvin" Graye Manny wrote: "Gorgeous!

Just out of idle curiosity, what is “That bitch’s gonna fuck y’all" in Classical Greek?"


Doesn't that line appear at the end of Lysistrata?


message 10: by Ian (new)

Ian "Marvin" Graye Will "Nephelococcygia" fit on a t-shirt?


message 11: by Praj (new) - rated it 2 stars

Praj If a "needle without a thread" can fit?


message 12: by Ian (new)

Ian "Marvin" Graye Do you think "You're flirting with a nightingale's mirth" would push our luck too far?


message 13: by Praj (new) - rated it 2 stars

Praj "Birds over bitches!" would take care of that!


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