The Madness of the Magic Time

It speaks for itself.

A canary flew
in my
window and sat at
my desk with
me.
It said,
who are you?
I replied,
I'm a base
poet that's been
dropped on
his head by life
a few times.
Eyes like a
kicked dog, and a
beard that doesn't
grow straight.

It chirped like
a Bach concerto, and
said,
ah yes, we are
all just dead
birds at the
bottom of a cage, tiny
lice crawling through
our eyes.
No song.
No light.

I said,
you're a strange
little fellow.
And we sat there,
like that, waiting
for 6:00 am
so, I could make
a beer run.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Thomas,

Some might say that talking to birds is for the birds, but is better than talking to oneself and answering thine-self, alone ... Cute little poem ...

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Left you a few comments at AP ...

[Thomas W Case]

cool, thank you. I will be reading more of your stuff soon.

[Dave Brown]

that is the same time of day I put out the hummers daily drink but we never talk

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks for the read.

[Vol]

Thomas,
I appreciate the Bukowski attitude. We never walk on smooth ground, everything is sharp-edged gravel and it hurts when we do our best to move on, grab another cheap beer, look for beauty, but through a dirty window, so the only thing left to do is write some of it down for our private community of fellow travelers...
Vol

[Neville]

makes ya wonder what the world s coming to .. :)

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks my friend.

[Chris Shaw]

Funny. I think you must have had a few too many when you saw that canary:))

Chris

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you for the reading.

[John the Baptist]

If a talking, pessimistic canary flew into my room, I think I'd need a beer, too.

[John the Baptist]

If a speaking, pessimistic canary flew into my room, I think I'd need a beer, too.

[Thomas W Case]

Lol. Thanks for the review.

[Mauricio Montoya]

It could be spiritual because the bird in Indian belief can escape man with their wings yes kick the dog because the dog can make the bird fly away because man with buck shot will bring the bird down, so for us to drink our sorrows is to have some more fire water. Thank You for sharing.

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks for the review.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Yeah but you do have a knack for words, poetry is always open to interpretation sometimes it may not what you meant but what touch the reader and that's brings joy to the writer

[Thomas W Case]

exactly. Thanks.