Beluga Whales and Crow Birds

Snowy white.
Slick skin.
Water rolling over
ivory fins.

We laughable
mammal things!
Beluga whale
laughs with me.

Smoky black.
Never sings.
Cawing beak.
Feathered wings.

We laughable
mammal things!
Crow bird
Laughs with me.

Laugh at arms;
Featherless wings.
Snicker at legs,
tripping over things.

Cackle at clothes;
Pants with pleats.
Chuckle at toes;
Stubby on our feet.

We laughable
mammal things
do not have
fins or wings.

We try hard
to mimic them-
Crows and whales-
But we are men!
                                                  

   -Original poem by M.E.E.