Ya-aawn

There is a tree

that lives in my backyard,                                         

in her youth she was infamous

for her loud snores and yawns,

and as all other trees were taken

the arboreals who lived on that tree

had no choice but to tolerate all that

but one day she took it too far

she yawned like she had never before

and she yawned and yawned and yawned

till it looked like she was crying and

Stretched her branches as far as she could

to shake off her laziness

Oh how could she, asked the clouds

and gossiped about it with the sun

Leaves and fruits fell down in bunches

oh! said the leaves,its not autumn

Ouch! said the fruits, that is so not fair

Oh you think you are the only ones hurt,

Asked the monkey and a squirrel

who had fallen on ground with a thud

Monkey said my bum would be red whole day

how would i explain this to my girlfriend

Squirrel started laughing and

Said your bum is always red

Not funny said the monkey

and pointed at squirrels bum which was red too

together they gave the tree a cold hard stare

They asked the tree to apologise and behave.

right then all of them heard a faint crack

they looked up at the nest on the tree

crack became louder

and out was a baby bird’s head                                 

what was that, the baby squeaked

Oh that made Mama bird so mad

Look what you did, she asked the tree

My baby is one day too early

and her first words are not

Mom I am hungry!

To calm her down the squirrel said

Oh but what a cute little baby you have

That warmed up Mama birds heart and

she smiled with pride and said Yes she is

but I am not going to forgive the tree

and while they got busy loving the baby

and hating the tree

A cat and a dog who were playing

in the house came running

To see and be the part of the fight

Meow said the cat, she meant hey you guys have rights

You should report this incident, call the police

Woofs said the dog, call animal protection and sue the tree

Monkey said I will, first let me have some fruits

Squirrel said me too, after my stomach is full

and house well stocked

Mama bird had a baby to feed

and teach her new chirps

Meow and woof looked a little disappointed

and they called the tree boarders lazy and greedy

A snake who saw all this from his hole,came out

and hissed at both the cat and the dog

for talking like humans

Some worms even heard the hiss

using harsh words like humanoholic

Nearby an owl was watching all this

with sleepy eyes

He said hoo hoo hoo

Which clearly meant oh my god

and me oh I was carrying little bubbah

on my shoulder that day and

he said bub bub bub bub baaa and yawned

which shocked everyone

look what happens when you ya-aawn

and stretch your hands that wide

such a bad example was that tree

who still lives in my backyard

©Somkritya