Not wings of feather and wax exactly
but feet too close together
to successfully execute his plan,
he grabs hold of the bars
and raises himself to stare
his two witnesses in the eye,
with the smug look of a thief
who has just cracked the safe code
or the accused in the dock
just acquitted of his crime,
to a chorus of OMG
and a mother's hand
stretched out to stall
baby's fall back into the pen.
Copyright Cathy Leonard 2026
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