My First Poem

My very first poem, in honor of prehistoric penguins

Prehistoric Penguin

Two hundred twenty pounds
Sealed tight in four layer feathers

Waddling like chapel windows
Milling on the floe
Children in tow

Deadly intent bellying down the slide
Slipping under beak first
Dive bombing the deep blue

What is black and white and red all over?
Bloody penguin battle
Bald eagle's second cousin in the sea

Tuxedoed birds are nothing to mock
When they've got seventy pounds on you.