There is a Parrot next door

it lives in a cage outside on the patio

the lady who lives next door

takes care of it like a mother

she feeds it

pets it

and in the morning

talks to it from her window

cooing like a dove

talking baby talk to the parrot

but the Parrot has no time for foolishness

Food is all it's interested in

the lady's sweetness is wasted on the Parrot

who is unresponsive and unappreciative

the lady's attempt to treat it like a baby backfires

the parrot prefers to be treated like a bird

it turns its back on her

and goes back to sleep on its perch

it does not care, apparently

all this faldereal leaves it

speechless.