An Ostrich Shows a Profit in Eight Months

So. You've decided to raise alligators.
Yes, I believe you now.
Two hundred pebbled-backed,
wide-mouth crocodilian
is not a hobby.

But, do you have to send ME
after those maggot-ridden green chickens,
and those obnoxious fish-heads
trailing their innards?
And spend all that money on fencing?

I watch as you dig our life's savings
down one canal and up the other.
I hope those fat, grinning reptiles know
they're living more content than I.

Three more years to profit!!!
And now
you want to raise ostriches...

Lorraine Geiger
Published: Florida State Poets Association Anthology 6