stick together
more or less
some more than others
hummingbirds a thousand
and penguins eighty times that
we're talking feathers here
not rathers or druthers, mind you
feathers
birds of feathers
feathers of birds
tough as leathers
smooth as lies
thick as thieves
coats of armour
anti-harmers
so, what of humans
what of us
unfeathered and untethered
flights of fancy
fighting nights of fire
what about us
humans, unwinged and unhinged
skinned alive
or skinned dead
humans, if only we could soar
where would we fly to
who would we be
and how
tell us, oh Phoenix
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