Avian Hyena, piebald pirate,

Monochrome trickster, telling lustrous lies.

What evil did you, to deserve such hate?

Even child killers are not so despised.

In finest tuxedo you proudly strut,

Skipping not hopping, stealing not shopping.

Flamboyant tail trails, yours not Covid cut,

Dashing dandy, bursting with swaggering

A quiet assassin, you cannot make,

Your murderous mischiefs, way too loud.

That cackle rattles like a rusty grate,

Your secretive entrance it disavows.

Despite your sins you are a dapper site,

A well-dressed gentleman, in black and white.

 

 

 

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