Five Minute Friday: PENGUINS

 This week's Five Minute Friday prompt is PENGUINS.

Oh, why not?

Penguins of the cold Antarctic 

find that one of their lives' flaws

is that they don't get the magic

of a life with Santa Claus,

for they and that elf so jolly

have been placed far poles apart;

not even mistletoe and holly

can fill the hole in feathered heart

that they are banished from the lands

where the Christmas toys are made.

"Is it 'cause we have no hands?

Did you teach polar bears that trade,

dear Santa, to restock your shelves,

even though they eat your elves?"

"Penguins are one of the best antidotes for despair that I know,"  - Charles Bergman

"I have taken the liberty of quoting at length throughout from the gospels of the Emperor penguins. To them I owe a special debt of gratitude for their remarkable patience." - Donald Finkel

"It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry." - Joe Moore

"You can't train a penguin to act. You kind of have to take what you get." - James Tupper

"I think penguins are the most human of all the birds, which may be why people love them. They're cute, they stand upright and they look like they're wearing tuxedos." - Shia LaBeouf

Sylvia would gladly share ice cream with a penguin.

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