Gedicht

The silly bird

I have in my house quite a thick-headed bird.
You have of his silliness probably heard:
He has been so shocked about little Kathleen:
She has built the nicest house you´ve ever seen!
It has been to him a gigantic surprise
We are - in contrast to him - so much more wise!
You have already seen how this is explained:
They are, being birds, nothing else but bird-brained.
They have to admit that it really is sad:
They can not have much inside such a small head.

(This was translated from the German after a poem by James Kruess: "Der toerichte Star")