Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Pelican Legend

Legend has it pelicans do

Use beak to open up our chest,

Running blood of the wounds used to

Feed the young offspring in the nest.

As a Mom I stuff in my beak

All the fish a pelican can

With beak against my chest I seek

For my young'uns a feeding plan

To have all my chicks close 'round me,

And push in each beak a fish share.

Often my chicks excited be,

And peck small wounds in my chest there.

But peck myself for blood to feed

Is just a human myth indeed.