PEKAPEKA

furcle circle little bat
some might wonder what you're at
eating insects on the fly
grabbing protein from the sky

strut and fabric microlight
folding wings deploy for flight
instruments to fly at night
hide by day right out of sight

pekapeka skin and bone
moustache mouth on nosey cone
long attenuated tongue
upside down in daylight hung

mystacina flying mouse
host to several ecto louse
uropatagium tailed
caudal vertibrae downscaled

pointy ears mark hims and hers
he's a lec and she demurs
pups all quickly get their spurs
unfalse teeth and thermal furs

forage on the forest floor
crawling winged insectivore
sweet-tooth tongue laps nectar snack
wood-rose pollen pick-a-back

holoparasitic bloom
made to order bat perfume
leafless tuber secret sly
dac-tyl-an-thus tay-lor-aye-(aye)

when you need drop some waste
flip upright get firmly braced
let the load of faeces go
down upon the pile below

batfly flatmate lives in shit
blind and wingless takes the hit
muffle mumble little fly
can't contrive a smart reply

furcle circle little bat
we don't wonder what you're at
eating insects on the fly
grabbing protein from the sky





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