The Pigeon Who Ate Manhattan

It was December the 21st

and people's fears

were for the worst

as a giant pigeon

named Mountbatten

ate all of Manhattan.

Why weren't we warned?

people cried

Before pigeon swallowed

and they died.

For you see my friend

at Manhattan's end

it was the Mayan

who flunked math

having fallen asleep

in the bath

who designed that calendar

that once set the world aflur

but he missed the mark

by a hundred years

having drunk

a hundred beers

and December 21st 2112

came as a surprise

to New York's jive and jell.

-written by Christopher

 circa 1:35 PM Pacific Standard Time

 Friday December 21st 2012.