Scarlet Macaw - Feb. 25, 2025

Gary Hunter
Feb 25
1 min read

every story is told

in the moments it happens

then retold with a subtle change

here, a side plot there

an ending more colorful

or dazzling than the original

we do that don’t we

in a hundred telling’s

dress up the tale

as the drama grows

what starts as a sparrow

becomes a scarlet macaw

maybe you can only trust

a plain bird to tell the truth

but then who knows

maybe what it wanted

all along

was to wear

some beautiful feathers

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