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I often wonder

what it would be like

to play Connect Four with a bird 

it would clutch the piece in its beak

slide it into the empty slot

calm, unbothered

no phone in hand

humans need appointments now

but birds 

God never mentioned anything about appointments

birds just arrive

they are messengers of the divine

they know your pain

and they make sure

to keep you happy

then one day Peaky arrived

a parrot

shiny green

a pretty green

she tried to impress me

bringing beautiful fresh flowers in her beak

placing them at my feet

like an offering

no one knows

if she was my sweetheart

in a previous life

I put all her flowers in a vase

she settled on the board game

and looked at me

one more time

one more time

she said

and when she won

she walked and danced around the room

like she had taken

a great tournament