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.