A Bird Poem by Thabani Khumalo

This is a mysterious enigma.
Life is like a verb.
It is so difficult to vocally teach
But physically easy to learn.
Its ways are not ours thus we don't trail
In its found-path.

I am like a bird.
I don't want to share.
I come swiftly and snatch and fly away
And if the food becomes too heavy for me,
I will put my whole foot on it and eat it hastily.

I am a very odd man
And the world is a very odd place.
This is a devil's hotel in which i am a guest.