Tuesday, January 11, 2011
One-sided conversation with a maya
(Aurora Blvd./ Araneta Ave. Overpass, 8:00 a.m.)
Hello, little bird.
What are you doing here,
so far away from the rice paddies?
Here there is no rice for you to eat.
There are stray cats aplenty
waiting to catch and eat you;
there are stray wires to hold you
till you can't fly anymore,
then they zap you dead.
The trees here are small and stunted,
there are no tall grasses;
where will you build your nest?
How can you raise healthy nestlings?
Hello, little bird.
We are both far from the rice paddies,
you and I.
But you can still sing.
Photo by photospill on Flickr.
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