THE ABILITY to FLY/Virginia Barrett
Oct 152011
in honor of those occupying
the financial district of San Francisco
October, 2011
THE ABILITY to FLY
Gray seagulls lined up
like bankers in suits
along the jagged edge
of the old coastal road
now slipped into the sand.
Wings held tight at their sides
they stare out at the waves
as if trying to ascertain
if the market today
will bring a high yield.
But of course the gulls
know, in their collective
bird-souls, that the ocean
is a continuous flow
of give and take
while the bankers think
(for greed’s greedy sake)
of only the latter—
of take and take.
What a difference
the ability to fly can make.
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