Friday, 10 November 2023

#1409 - a chattering sky

 




1409

4.313

10.xi.23

a chattering sky

in a great big cage at the zoo

 

a flutter up

pied imperial

living library in flight

 

eyed sideways

 

some saunter

this their goodly gaol

 

I wish I could transcribe

(little cuneiform clawings)

 

this is no parliament

though some disputes eternal

 

their navigation hazard

yet they’re deft with me

unerring

 

and what do they look for?

food, sex, shelter

 

though not a sky 

amusement, surely

 

birds are us

 

much moment in them

 

excrete by the by

 

they pass reciting

the ancient names

we’re not to know

 

all at once this whistle


No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.