Birds' Paradise

 Across the long benches
A few pieces of bones lay on the table
Flapping and descending came the dwellers of the sky
Half starved, half tired
On the bones they feasted.
So they rested in this birds’ paradise
 
Across the old building
An old solitary shadow approached
Ragged and tattered it limped towards the dwellers of the sky
All starved, all tired.
His bones they feasted.
So he rested in this birds’ paradise
 
Across the grey dark sky
A mountain of clouds descended
Roaring and flashing as it came to the dwellers of the sky
All washed, all drenched
So it rested in this birds’ paradise
 
Across the flooded shack
A few pieces of bones floated with the tables
Flapping and struggling in the waters were the dwellers of the sky
Half drowned, half alive
So ended the days of the birds’ paradise.
 
1990