Flamingos are creatures of beauty
they tread lightly on this world
because they are not truly of it
their origin is celestial
some distant oasis
far flung between the stars
this is apparent
when one looks at a flamingo
the beauty one sees
is no ordinary
kind of beauty
it is the beauty of wisdom
a pure wisdom
not tainted by life
for flamingos don’t live
in the ordinary sense
they are eternal.

sure
you can own a flamingo
possess it even
lay your hands lustily upon it
and ruffle some feathers
beneath a flaming moon
but you can never know its mind.