Parable Of The Eagle
By David Alexander
An eagle egg fell into a farmer’s chicken shed
and when it hatched the farmer gave it chicken feed
even though he was the king of birds. The farmer
clipped the eaglet’s princely beak and raised him
as a chicken. When he grew large, wildlife control
called on the farm. “It has the heart of an eagle,”
said the public servant. “It will fly.” And the farmer
asked, “What if he likes it here with all the chickens?”
As they spoke, the birds crept off to don disguises.
Soon they couldn’t tell the eagle from the hens
so they carried the strongest-looking bird to the
farmhouse balcony and said, “You’re a regal eagle
not a lowly chicken. Go find your place in the sun!”
And they tossed one bird into the air together every
night until they fell in love, the farmer and the guy
from wildlife control, and got so hungry that they
ate roast eagle under a chicken-dotted sky.