Trust is a paper parakeet
fragile in flight.
Only a perfect
sky can carry it.
I folded it more than once
and tried to perfect
the aerodynamics,
but the elements are
fierce
in this part of the world
and there is no perfect
wind to lift me up.
Perhaps paper parakeets
are only meant to dream
of flight and never leave
their cage.

11/09/2004

Posted on 11/10/2004
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