All animals copulate but only humans osculate. Parakeets rub beaks?…

All animals copulate but only humans osculate. Parakeets rub beaks? Sure they do, but only little old ladies who murder schoolchildren with knitting needles to steal their lunch money so that they can buy fresh kidneys to feed overweight kitty cats would place bird billing in the realm of the true kiss.

Sourced, Wild Ducks Flying Backward
(2005)

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