after a Flamingo
and make fun
of your long legs.
Or compare you
to a certain Owl
in the Western Ghats
and praise
the symmetry
of your eye bags.
Perhaps
I should call you
a Nightingale
for your voice,
then remind you
that, on most days,
you are perfectly
capable of being
a humble Crow.
How about Hornbill
for your non-existant
beak or Kiwi for overtly
being an ass?
How about I call
you a Peacock for
patriotic purposes,
and tell you how ugly
the females are.
But you know, they
exchange gametes
through their eyes?
In that case, eww!
don't look me
in the eye.