A prairie-homed species is spreading across the nation,
a parasitic bird of the GOP family, Genus
GOPus, species TRUMPus. Lest we ignore the us,
remember it is a bird like each of us.
Most birds lovingly care for their young
sheltering their eggs in protective nests
safe from predators, high winds and the rest.
the genus GOPus preys on other birds’ nests
using TRUMPus to lay its egg in host birds
treasured space, hiding in plain sight
as if its eggs belong as its solemn right.
GOPus/Trump-us uses deception
to use the efforts of hard-working birds
to birth, protect, and feed a parasitic species
bent on the host birds’ destruction.
Whole species of host birds now face extinction
from parasitic GOPus/TRUMPus infection.
When deception does not work to overtake nests
these mafioso birds bully and intimidate
and if all else fails, eliminate
the host birds’ own eggs until all that is left
is a nest abandoned and birds bewildered,
angry and bereft.
