the parrot | Write Out Loud

the parrot | Write Out Loud

This Parrot

this bird
in the cage its featherless wings folded to its naked

body like garden scissors and it
squawked;

I´m 89 years old today, let me out
of this bloody cage. but its

owner heard not she was a widow of
First World War veteran a

and told every one that this
particular war had seen the death

of 8 million horses 12 million
donkeys and no one took notice of

this mass slaughter but then
humanity only thought of its own

suffering and were impervious to
animals feeling. having been

dragged from a green field to a
soggy battlefield and not a word

of consideration only eyes by hungry
soldiers as a possible meal,

Goulash the known dish  was
originally made of horse meat,

camouflaged with paprika, hot pepper
and salt. 89 years in a cage

And had only been able to read
titles of books on the shelf, but

it had lively mind and by listening
to the radio for so many years

it was well educated and could
squawk with the best of them.