Quoth the Grackle, "The Stimulus is Coming, The Stimulus is Coming"

Quoth the Grackle, "The Stimulus is Coming, The Stimulus is Coming"
Originally uploaded by h_dwight_beers

This would have turned out to be a pretty good illustration for a book of Edgar Allen Poe's poetry if the bird had only been a raven, but so far I haven't found any poet who has written a good line coming from a quotable grackle.

My second thought was that since this lamp is part of the City of Surprise's  recent upsurge in construction of public facilities the bird could be serving as one of those "Your tax dollars at work" signs.  However, evidently Mr. Obama is hard at work getting signs printed up which say, "My Stimulus Money at Work" in order to claim the credit for all such new lighting fixtures.  This being the case, the poor grackle will be out of a job before he's actually been employed. And, since it will probably take a half dozen people to paint the lamp green and add lettering, Mr. Obama will probably count  this as five jobs saved?