It is an ordinary cage Not for a creature, though I locked my love in it a long time ago Sometimes, my love stretches out And reaches for a stranger who isn't that strange But I forbid it This world is not place for you, love
The perfect round face The bright, shiny eyes The voice so smooth The talk, smoother The weight to throw around The height so tall Visible from afar From the crowd I form … Maybe in some other life
It nibbled on the food. It had a drink of water. It stretched. It hopped out of the open door of the cage. It did not fly. It was told to behave like a good Emu. It did.