What Those Eyes Have Seen
Chrome lug nuts
Make up the eyes
Of a Great Blue Heron
Sculpted entirely from metal
Scrapped from a local junkyard
And auctioned for a hundred grand
To an eccentric billionaire
To be propped up in a shady corner
Of a veranda
Oft occupied by his brother
The famous movie director
Who won an Oscar
For a movie adaptation
Based on the number one
Best-selling novel
Written by the legendary author
Penning the true story
Of a hero General
And his family
Killed in a head on collision
Caused by an intoxicated detective
Who had just captured the Nations
Worst Serial Killer in history
The Dick had survived
But according to the junkyard man
It had been a miracle
By none other than
The Man upstairs
Because the cruiser had been totaled
This story the Junker relayed
As he dropped the last
Remnants of a hero’s bane
Into a scrap barrel
Where a free-lance artist
Searching for inspiration
Picked out the dropped pieces
And in their mirrored orbs
Espied the reflection of
A Great Blue Heron
Flying overhead
And smiled
Imagining a scrap sculpted bird
With eyes of
Chrome lug nuts