Schoolroom Menagerie
she saved a bird
after
he landed
with feet in the air
near
the ceramic bunny —
someone’s brother
(in the garden)
ginger snaps
on her cool desk.
cages upon cages
of snakes
and an orange-cheeked
cockatiel.
i loved to talk
to that bird
“Twhoo, twhoo, twhoo”
the bird was there
in the afternoon
when
almost all
classrooms were dark.
one day they removed
all the fun
from her room
not one gingercrumb was left.
not one
even hinted
cancer
7/10/2020
*Dedicated to a friendly teacher and a little boy
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