Feathered Friend

I’m at that age, 

where nothing surprises me

~

another friend has died

quietly, at home as they say

killed by a fucking parrot

~

I’m serious twenty years 

inhaling preened dander,

he might as well have been

smoking asbestos fags, 

same outcome lungs knackered

~

who’s the bloody bird going to

talk to now?

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© Graham R Sherwood 03/2022