SUICIDAL BIRDS

By DeAnne LeBlanc

they fly

one by one

tricked by

their own reflection

and the mirrored sky

they believe they are

flying through

not into

then it ends with a thud

slowly killing them

one by one

I think

how odd!

will they ever learn

will they never

change their path

it is after all

life or death

I go back to doom scrolling

as I eat processed microplastics

and breathe contaminated air

beating my body up about

what she couldn’t do

and I throw myself at glass ceilings

I know I will

never break     

through

how utterly absurd

they are

these ridiculous

suicidal birds

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