Confined Beauty

There are birds of prey

caged in the park

where after train rides

kids sought a sojourn in the tiny zoo

to commune with with goats and deer

And all kinds of birds: peafowl,

a dozen chickens and roosters,

barn owls, red-tailed hawks,

even two haggard bald eagles

separately enclosed

Talking with little ones

about raptors and hunting and flight

and injury requiring rehabilitation

hence the tags

and chain link fences

Several times we saw a wild hawk

scoping chipmunks

high above the hawk cage

in a cruel display

of freedom

We walked with toddlers

who were learning

about their space in the world

while peacocks

strutted their opulent plumage

in confinement

NaPoWriMo Day 24! 
Responding to Margaret’s prompt in the Imaginary Garden: BEAUTY

Also, it is the birthday of the Runaway Sentence! This girl turns seven today! Thank you, friends, for all these years of scribbling and blogging and support and fun. Love!