Sunday, October 21, 2012

Canary

Uniquely shaded
in standard yellow,

the pet canary mounts a fine case
for the existence of a Macaronesian
world-beyond-cage.

Unable to stick to the point,
he skips from perch to perch

performing a brilliant routine
of Baroque insanity.

When singing, the entire bird
becomes a throat

whose post-water canticles
range in genre
from alarm to charm,

from staccato accusation
to theremin,

from vigilant warm-up,
to Thumbelina diva cantata-cantata-cantata.

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