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Elvis Presley Flips the Dead Bird for 20 Grand

It's just a little piece of stationary on which Elvis Presley sloppily wrote a poem about the unnecessary slaughter of a cute little birdie -- and it just sold for a whopping $20,035.20 at an auction.



If you think that's a lot, the jumpsuit he wore at Madison Square Garden went for $212,588.40 at the same gottahaverockandroll.com auction.

The King stay the King ...



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1. A yellow bird
with a yellow bill
was sitting on
my window sill
i lured him in
with a piece of bread
and then i smashed his f**king head

Wasnt he in the army? So he modifies it, writes it, and BOOM! instant classic

Posted at 12:13AM on Mar 27th 2009 by Cadence

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Gpyke fan

Posted at 12:35AM on Mar 27th 2009 by gp

3. Elvis you are so loved! We miss you and are happy that your beautiful daughter LMP is giving the world your grandkids for us to see and enjoy your beautiful reflection in....I hope she gives the world at least one more Presley baby....

Posted at 12:53AM on Mar 27th 2009 by Lenn K.

4. This smells of I was on the toilet poetry......

doug in plano

Posted at 11:32PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Dilbert

5. 20 grand for that ? Elvis had a great voice and good looks but he did have few skeletons in his closet.

Posted at 1:11AM on Mar 27th 2009 by Chuck D of Valpo

6. Well i guess he loved Robbins for breakfast!

Posted at 1:21AM on Mar 27th 2009 by BROS

7. He Loved Robins for Breakfast!

Posted at 1:22AM on Mar 27th 2009 by BROS

8. Gotta love Elvis.

I found a very insightful and humorous book @ Amazon.com called SHAKIN' E
written by an author named Peter T. Cow.
Very cool book for E fans and readers in general.
Thought you might like to know.
TCB!

Posted at 1:31AM on Mar 27th 2009 by Elvis Fan

9. This *poem* was a joke that was around over 10 years ago.
Suddenly it's printed on *Elvis's stationary* and some smuck pays for it!!
LMAO............great scam.......

Posted at 1:36AM on Mar 27th 2009 by Scout

10. I loved Elvis. Saw his jumpsuit and guitar on display at the Las Vegas Hilton where he performed - it was a rather strange thing. Crazy poem.

Posted at 2:22AM on Mar 27th 2009 by Michele

11. Wait, isn't this just plain wrong? The mofo killed a bird. Probably a fake note, but if it's true, Elvis should have been in the loony bin before he died.

Posted at 2:48AM on Mar 27th 2009 by WTF?

12. THERE HASENT BEEN MANNY ELVIS SIGHTINGS LATLEY.....IM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS HEALTH!!!

Posted at 3:32AM on Mar 27th 2009 by toofastforyou!

13. John Lennon had a poem EXACTLY like this in his book "In his own write". But it was obviously satire as his poem had a cow instead of a bird...same exact sentiment, all nice and nice and then BOOM, he fells the cow with a brick...

Posted at 4:34AM on Mar 27th 2009 by Chris Hooper

14. That is so disscusting...doesnt sound like the elvis we all thought we knew.

Posted at 5:11AM on Mar 27th 2009 by Janis

15. What a piece of sh*t. He stole his music from the blacks and this "poem" from the army...
And who sings about killing animals, anyway?

Posted at 5:13AM on Mar 28th 2009 by RussellMania

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