Quetzal (Golden Bars)

Written 11 years ago.

a stranger in a strange land

pushing determined through the underbrush

spied a miracle bird, almost holy in its resplendence.

broken-hearted by its beauty,

he brought one home in a golden cage,

to be pampered as royalty ought, spared the vicissitudes of the wild.

the next morning, the bird was found

dead of a broken heart.

the funeral was lavish.