Tar Feathers
for Steve McCurry

bird in oil, bathe in oil
in Kuwait, 1991
what war made leak
what war made deep

bird in oil, bathe in oil
will it, did it fly again

bird in oil unable to fly
unable to flap oily wings

bombers fly freely
fly swiftly

days of yore
days of war


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
6:34 a.m. 2/11/07