may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

FEEDING THE BIRDS

To feed the wild birds is an ethical question-
are they our homeless?Are they begging?
Will some squirrel come in with a privitised contract
to make a profit from feeding caged prisoners?
If transporting waste can enrich fat people
why feed thin birds like doves of peace
when black grackles take more than they need?
Goats of the sea may mutate our detritus
why can't we cut budgets for those who rely upon us?
Someone will sell what was once owned by all-
water in plastic,oil in drums,tools for wars.
Someone will come after us -the birds are not waiting
Scavengers survive on what we throw away-
people rely upon the birds .They fly away.

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