After all harliquin dreams
have come true
silence echoes
like the loudest
blood in your ears
because you or someone
put a pin from the past
in a shiny balloon.
Birds don't care if you listen and look
but one unwelcome gesture
and you've lost them forever.
Birds are beautiful but scared
because they are small
with fragile bones.
Some dogs always return
even beaten dogs.
We're not all basically alone.