a near threatened species

a little red bird on a tree
will take its rightful place
on my shoulder: tree and

and all - i have decided it
is best to add the bird to
remind me of when i sat

drank a beer and watched

all the birds float into the
sky: then the morning came
and each went to a roof top

somewhere in a tennessee
poem - where all birds go
yes, each bird enters those

gates not knowing that all
the yelling, all the beatings
are nothing to the play: it

is a simple act, a very simple, very drastic, unevasive act

soon forgotten by all but those who have a little red bird