canarypoem #1

my friend auditions canaries a strange job you think well it’s a matter of sex and a bit more pleasant than gendering chicks which another friend used to do it seems that only male canaries sing and male canaries market for twenty dollars more at the canary bazaars so it’s worth her time (since she has twenty some hatchlings to sell at the canary fair) to set up her tape of canary chorus and watch a babe closely does its little throat swell at the music? is it even managing a burble or two? if so it’s a boy each bird gets three shots so annette is assured she’s not fleecing her customers yesterday four passed the test three were unmoved they’ll become mamas preferably of males

© 2011 Jacqueline Jackson