Common Ostrich

My Imaginary Menagerie

Common Ostrich

To strike off suddenly across the desert
On my own
Seems silly to you.
What got into my little bird brain
To take my big flightless body
Running and flapping
Toward an elusive mirage?
An imagined oasis?

You think I had my head in the sand
To chase an implausible plan,
But I'm not your beast of burden,
I'm leaving your farm,
And I was made for this.