Are you a shy bluebird,
concerned with flying lightly, quietly in little skips
evanescent azure toned,
morning chirp music maker,
cute and vulnerable, endangered?
or
Are you a bold swallow,
swooping, spiraling, obviously colored
batlike presence
willing to nest opportunistically, taunting and aggressive,
the unafraid majority?
Even as the little bluebird perches on its home,
shivering bravely, standing ground over the eggs
the swallow plays, airplane diving with abandon
catching bugs in midair
claiming the house next door (built for bluebirds)
then throwing
loud parties anytime
till the bluebirds decide to take a trip
get away for a few weeks
It might be easier to be
a swallow sometimes, really.
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