Unflying

If birds were to crash into clouds

Would their feathers

Get wet?

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A sparrow drinks off a puddle

Its thirst does not know

The meaning of dirt

~ ~

No tree remembers

Woodpeckers that knock

On its doors

~ ~

They should have remain caged

I let out the two love birds

Who flew away in different directions

~ ~

Crows line up on cable wires

They resemble black flags

In mourning

~ ~

Parrots green like raw lemons

Vampire beaks peck

At fruit neck

~ ~

The kingfisher flies over water

Swoops down on a fish

Baits watch with envy

~ ~

The dove does not know of war

It laughs when released in the sky

To herald peace

~ ~

The cuckoo calls loud

Lightening before rains

Wounds before pain

~ ~

A kite visits my window.

Looks me in eye

Turns its back and shuts the door on me

~FV