They Pity Me.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i like to take
back my
parrot. Yellow one
with
broken beak, but smart

at least, it knows
easily how to mimic me
and i am so
flattered,

i feed it well,
and it got so fat that
it cannot lift itself
into flight so

it stayed just right there
on the railing where
i put it

parroting everything that
i say and i am
so pleased
and taken proud of this
yellow feathered
creature
with my neighbors


and then for all i
know
they pity me.