The Devil You Know
My pond is not so new and the fish in it are few
A poacher he has found it and he knows just what to do
I will pray to any god who will rid me of the XXX
To my aid a knight has come tho' he's not as white as some
In fact he is quite black but I really don't mind that
He's made that heron go just how I do not know
But now against my wishes he's eating all my fishes
His beak became his rod and reel he does not care how I feel
He even dodges both my cats he's oh so very skilled at that
A quick stab of that vicious beak that fellow is so full of cheek
There in a sudden flash of gold another fish that won't grow old
If you really still don't know that scoundrel is a big black crow
I will pray to any god who will rid me of the XXX
So now I want my heron back he wasn't all that bad a chap
That old grey bird was clear to see
Compared to him, the crow is wee
Rowley Collier ©2001
From the newsletter of The Ilford and District Aquarists Society, England, July
2001
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And an anonymous reply from the following month's newsletter.....
Exorcising The Devil from your Pond
To Rowley with a fishing crow,
The surest way to make him go,
Is the most final that I know,
Just take a 12 bore full of lead,
And shoot that XX until he's dead,
Then hang his corpse in tree or bush,
Sure to give XX's all the push.
There is a warning with this advice,
DO NOT hang him there for life,
The smell will also push the wife,
Unless of course that is your aim,
But do not write me and complain
ANONYMOUS I must remain,
To keep my image without stain,
My conscience is disturbed you see,
My work is for the RSPB !!!!
No doubt my readers' comments will be terse,
For they can all reply in verse,
I'm sure there will be some much worse.
If it leads to others' participation,
Rab will not show his consternation.
There must be others, who can do much better,
But all will help him fill this letter.
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