'In the US there are more plastic flamingoes than real ones.'
I've always loved the flamingo garden ornament ever since The X-Files episode 'Arcadia' where Mulder displayed it as a symbol of unconventionality and defiance in the perfect suburban street.
Pink Flamingo
In the garden it goes. Hoe
of the bird world, neon,
tacky, flashy, plastic, -
a stick-it-to-the-neighbours
kind of garden gnome.
Not elegant or subtle -
pink as a fist in the face -
the flamingo is all flamboyance
grace a lost case, just look
at the neck on it, literally.
Occupies pride of place
at my front door
in fuchsia all-weather
rebel flair. Says life's a party,
hurry, let's hula.
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