Among birds They’re the duller No need to see color When none of them Held within Arms of a lover Just first to flyover Marooned in my closure’s Erasure exposure And nobody knows Of the woebegone Better Or soothes me With moody Tempestuous weather For islands of paradise Caged her too long Until jungles of concrete Are where she has gone And she will fly away You delusional fool Or be flightless forever For some Shiny jewel