Rattleheads: In defence of the mocked

RATTLEHEADS: IN DEFENCE OF THE MOCKED


"You know what
makes for that
loud clattering
noise as crested
pigeons take off."
He said, as if
he did not want
any answering,
"It's their brains
rattling inside
hollow heads."

But when I saw
the behaviour
of so very many
crested pigeons
through the outback
after those at Uluru
I realised that
they were no dummies,
having obtained
for themselves
the biggest dust-
bath in the world.