Birdie

original painting 
acrylic, pencil and pastel on stretched canvas 
76 x 102 cm  

once a week for an hour or so
they gather together
to mull over the oddities of flight
and a host of other things

the ephemeral nature of air 
the dynamics of perching in wet weather
the unruly fluff puff of down
and for what purpose 
feathers
in all their infinite variety
are formed just so

they poke and ponder
survey and solicit
wandering from plumage to perch to preening
from who to what to how

and then one in passing
innocently asks,
have you ever noticed how
under quiet starlight 
feathers seem to shine
with an unearthly glow?

and they still
for just a moment
in awe
of what they might be
of who they might become

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