But would he survive?

                                                                                              Attribution: Thargol
Image: The crowd applauding (here)

Sunday Whirligig given words:
penguin wings beak loosen, stone survive 
preening (like a bird grooming itself with the
bill by rearranging its feathers)
reclaiming, thanks scratch bites

3WW given words:
elated flicker halting

Musing on his good fortune

Elated for one previously so privileged

Now like a penguin placed at the summit

Reaching out preening its wings

Its beak searching to loosen a stone

Tugging and threatening

He showed some early success

Boisterous and noisy     

Taking pot-shots at minorities

That was how happy he was

But would he survive

Those gullible were beginning to question

Reclaiming back their sanity

Thanks, no thanks

“we abhor your scratch and bites

the deprived deserved better"

There was still that flicker of hope

He was not about halting his fine run

He was doing everyone a favor

So he said with a smirk on his face

For MMT's Sunday Whirligig #53
Thomg's 3WW week #473
Lynn’s at d’Verse’s Poetics: summit
in sight  -  theme on mountains
Kerry's at Real Toad's the tuesday's platform