A bird in the heart
is better than two in the bush –
unless you are Bush,
with a heart of stone,
stable as a golden cow,
heavy as a sword.
“I raise up my heart,
I cast it down like tablets
from the mountain.
I smash the birdhouse,
I smash the birds in their bush,
I smash the birdsong.
I fear no evil.”
Though I walk through the country
in the shadow of
Bush, I fear no stone;
for earthquakes are coming, and
only I can fly.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Eryk Salvaggio
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 11:17
PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [X] One Bird Is Sixty
Million Birds And It's All We Can Do Anyway
Let's
just say
there's 60 Million Birds
going about the world
from perch to seeds
and back
and you're waging a war
for all of them.
But 60 million birds
can't fit inside
a single birdhouse
never mind
a heart the size
of a fist.
But the birds
aren't it.
It's all around you
and you're convinced
it's only you
saving them
but maybe
you're only going
to save one bird
for your whole
wasted life
even though
your heart has room
for at least one more.
So you're always searching
for just one more bird
to fill the gap
so your blood can flow
around feathers
and tickle your arteries
until it stops you dead
and then you've got
two dead birds,
don't you?
