Pecking Order

Polly wants a cracker
She squawks from dawn to dusk
He taught her the words
Now his ears can’t stand the fuss

No matter how many morsels
Polly gets, she asks for more
Now who wants to be the boss
Birds mimic human words

And now for our (optional) prompt! Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem in which the speaker expresses the desire to be someone or something else, and explains why. Two possible models for you: Natasha Rao’s “In my next life let me be a tomato,” and Randall Jarrell’s “The Woman at the Washington Zoo.”