Kite

Unlike all the others, before and after you, he did not hurt you deliberately As you lay there all tangled up and distorted, draped over the Armco. A bloodless corpse, visible to all who rushed by, but unseen. Your tail jumped and twitched as cars aimed and then crushed With delight, not believing That once you flew; and now separate into pieces Of colour, and fade in the daylight, and in the dark. The boy has forgotten you, for now he has another Perhaps a higher flier than you, perhaps with brighter colours. And his laughter sings afar, as he unwinds the string And watches his diamond Rainbow climb higher Into the Sun.