Epicurean Birds
Sealed tight inside
a closed coffin
until death flings the lid off,
and the serrated scythe
softly slashes
the caged birds of Epicurus -
feathered prey bleeding
in silent surrender,
painfully pleading for flight
as the reaper moors their wings
to marble plated
sandstone mausoleums
slivered with blood
Copyright © Shiraz Bautista | Year Posted 2023
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