- Alex Nodopaka
Birds
Birds
made of bronze
do not fly but they sing
when stricken
on their armored plumage
with a conductor's baton
of imagination.
Tame from birth
no matter where
you anchor the fowl
it remains still
in a cast moment.
The wind
doesn't ruffle a feather.
You never worry
about blinks.
—Alex Nodopaka