Future Feathers

Our lives are not comparable

Through the shades of green and blue crying out loud

With the promises cut short

Out of thin air without lifelong support

On days wrapped in bubbles

And dressed to impress

With the whiff of the future

Dragging its days

On eggshells:

Dark brown Chestnut Maran

And Burford Brown

Bluebell Araucana

Tinted green or blue Ameraucana

And the Old Cotswold Legbar

In a pastel-coloured tuxedo –

Blue, turquoise, olive, pink, peach, or eau-de-nil

Barred Rock in light pink

Isbar and Favaucana in sage green

Colour

Asil in a sweet pink or cream tone

Olive Eggers blending dark brown with blue

Coming up with the tinge

Of dark brownish-green

Descending into deep chocolate brown of Penedesencas

And Welsummers with speckles

Until brilliant bird Barnevelder

With double-laced feathering

Will change the colours of this game

Either from buff-and-white or black and white

Into blue and green-dyed again

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10 May 2021

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