Love is for the Birds

For the love of satire

Consequentially paused

to spy a bird on a wire

its feathers tethered,

tweeting wildly

in a frenzied attempt

to escape its fate, 

for his perturbed companion

had tied his claws securely

mid a thunderstorm,

his final reluctant squawk 

"whoever blindly executed

love is for the birds"?

Reviews

[NeiL ArandA]

The piece you penned is more of a proverbial phrase or statement. It follows or succors the Golden Rule. To spy on a bird is likened to a vulture who see a window of opportunity to pounce on its weakened, trapped or unsuspecting victim.

Bird normally are immune or doesn't fear high tension electric power line since they are poor conductor of electricity and its the only thing they are touching. To be strapped and tied down to one spot and unable to move or fly away especially during an inclement weather is double jeopardy.

I think the muse here is a victim of a un-reciprocated love or a failed relationship. For someone to take advantage of a person who is still recovering from something traumatic or hang up and use that to their advantage is like strapping this bird mid a thunderstorm. There's a phrase that goes " for the bird " To address or attach something with this phrase marginalize the value or importance of something or someone regardless of who they are whether they are the victim or perpetrator which again runs contrary to the Golden rule. But love is like a thunderstorm. It doesn't discriminate, like a double edge knife it cuts both ways .

Yet in the nut shell here is what the writer or author is really saying metaphorically. " It's better to love and fail than have not love at all. " Is love truly worthless and only for the bird ?

Your pen name reminds me of a famous and beautiful actress in my mother country - Pepsi.

[1VJ]

I enjoyed your review more so than my poem, you put a lot of thought into it. Yes, you're right it was a trifling attempt in poking fun at relationships being for the birds. Thanks so much for taking the time.

[Lydia Shutter]

Hmmm....lovebirds on a wire during a thunder storm...surely the sparks would fly! :) Can any of us escape our fates? I don't think so. Very interesting metaphor here. Lydi**

[1VJ]

One would think, you can't go messing with a woman's emotions, even if she's a bird. :) Thanks so much.

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oh, how cruel, to tie a love bird to a live wire during a thunderstorm...I guess the inconsequential pause was a shocking one... :)...clever piece, Paloma

[1VJ]

Thanks, my friend had uttered those words, 'love is for the birds' and my mind just went there for some reason. :)

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a creative mind you have, then :)...you are welcome

[1VJ]

My friend calls it twisted. :) Thanks again.

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well, whatever it is, it's working lol