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Seen it in the window? Birds are implied;
He recognised that muesli, being well bred.
Nothing in his breakfast could have been fried;

Needing to mollify a righteous bride,
He never demurred at what he was fed.
Seen it in the window? Birds are implied;

Beak-filling goodies, crunchy and dried,
Fibrous; organic. Serious cred.
Nothing in that breakfast could have been fried;

How bad could it be? It had to be tried.
Luxurious packaging awakened his dread;
Seen it in the window? Birds are implied...

He looked in the box. His eyes grew wide;
Could his companion have wanted him dead?
Nothing in that breakfast could have been fried.

Something had already dined inside,
Paid for it in droppings and swiftly fled.
Seen them in the window? Birds were implied.
Nothing in that breakfast could have been fried.