The Explosive Properties of Certain Winged Creatures
The albatross is a combustible bird
Of which Icarus would have been proud.
If he flies near the sun, he ignites without word,
And resembles a feathery cloud.
The penguin is lazy and rarely will fly,
He just sits on the ground with aplomb.
But when caught by an updraught and hurled from the sky,
He explodes, like a fish-seeking bomb.
The wren is a small, sub-molecular soul,
Between atoms she flurries and hops.
If she's hit by a photon, she loses control,
Gives inaudible squeaks and then pops.
The delicate nightingale's song is so fair,
He enchants with his sweet serenade.
But should an intruder encroach on his Square,
He will burst, like a whistling grenade.
The hummingbird's name wasn't given in jest,
She is radioactive and hot.
If it's war, she is used during nuclear tests,
And she glows in the dark if it's not.