To build a bower around a birdcage
over a rooftop deep within Chennai
birds come to feed on rice that's all the rage
under an open sky, he sets the stage
in the morning, he wakes and boils some chai,
living alone...this life in a birdcage,
descending from the sky, parakeets gauge
approximately where to land, to fly,
bolting away before others enrage
old feuds between parakeets, some engage
working their way in, the world to defy,
even while others wait in their birdcage,
reminders how people in war must wage
a campaign against hunger, lest they die,
resulting from famine, to provoke rage
on such a wide scale, Sekar must assuage
underfed parakeets before they banzai
nosedive into rice, overwrought with rage,
despite their drama, this is our birdcage.
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India’s ‘Birdman’ Feeds 4,000 Parakeets A Day
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2F1wkCFCqd4
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