Rickie and Maggie were zoo birds;
Rickie a red-tailed hawk,
Maggie was a magpie
and decided she would talk.
Rickie with his regal look
and Maggie with her words,
opposites they may have been-
in common they were birds.
Mimie Durand
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rickie-and-maggie/