F Minus by Tony Carrillo for May 27, 2023

Not shown: the rats.

They should be picking the food from between his teeth, like a Egyptian plover, and she should kick him to the curb.

Like oxpecker birds on a rhino’s back.

And they leave valuable guano on the rug, woodwork, furniture, and all that.

No bugs because the birds will eat them. There’s that.

Sounds like my daughter and her comfort dogs. When she eats breakfast on the sofa, they come running, wait patiently while she eats and then jump up when she’s done to lick the crumbs off her plate. A little peanut butter smeared on the plate makes it very exciting. And the human giggles all the way through.

The special branch called ‘avionics’.

We used to leave one bite of something and all the flavor on the plate for Sherwood spaniel. It saved scrubbing dishes.

Our local sandwich shop has tables outside. People leave and the little birds feast.

If you’re a rhinoceros.

I hope those are crumbs on his shirt and not…

Audubonding.

SYMBIOTIC ! That’s the word I couldn’t think of yesterday ! Now if I could recall WHERE I wanted to use it……