Flamingos

Flamingos lounging in tropical waters along side exotic flowers

You stand so still and I have not seen you duck your head for the longest. 

Perhaps your are full from an unseen early morning breakfast?

So poised, tall and pink, nothing is of concern to you

standing on your wire legs.

The entirety of their silly flamboyance seems oblivious

to store, with all our eyes and shuffling sounds, 

even the  children are no cause for alarm.

They must be proud birds, perhaps they are all ashamed to be on clearance

here at Walmart

2 for $20.