Instructions to Bird Girls

artwork by Jeanie Tomanek 

Don't be seduced

by cooing bird songs.

They have showy feathers for a reason.

Don't let your taste for the exotic

 hidden in hard objects

lead you into dangerous territory.

Once cracked,

they often bleed.

Don't climb so high

you cannot set your feet on the ground.

Your feathery wings are yet nubile,

much more for show.

A hard landing will snap

more than 

your sweet, lovely bones.

This poem was inspired by The Magpie Tales #184. 

Thanks Tess, for another opportunity to see what lurks within.

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