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One evening walking through the scrub,
(A shortcut home from Rileyโs pub.)
Under the glow of a full moon,
I heard a brisk and lively tune.
I looked around, and there I saw
Upon that moonlit forest floor,
A pumpinโ out a chorus grand,
A finely feathered all bird band.
And all around on stumps and logs
Sat kangaroos and native dogs,
And emus swaying to the beat
Jumped up and down and stamped their feet.
Echidnas danced Irish quadrilles
While skillfully avoiding quills.
Goannas flicked in time their tongues,
While in the band with bursting lungs
Black glossy red-tailed cockatoos
In harmony sang out the blues.
On ukuleles magpies strummed.
A flock of honey-eaters hummed.
With twelve apostles on the drums,
The beat it echoed from the gums,
While lyre birds serenely played.
(Theyโre known for being rather staid).
A bell bird rang his built in chime.
A whip bird cracked his whip in time.
A kookaburra, with a smile,
On his guitar played finger-style.
I stayed a while, then home to bed
With music coursing through my head.
I woke and wondered had I dreamed.
Outside my window, moonlight beamed,
And all was quiet and nothing stirred.
I listened hard but nothing heard.
No, not a noise of fur or fowl,
Except โ the hooting of an owl.
โ D.N. OโBrien