A little parrot
Speaks the words
Of it’s father
Hoping the father
Will hear
The sincerity in its voice
.
But the father looks
Away
Thinking that
The baby parrot
Is just
Parroting
His words
Without understanding them
.
In truth
The baby
Does not understand
The words of the father
And is just saying them
So the father
Will be impressed
By how much his words
Are revered
But he is not.
.
The baby parrot
Creates
A wider vocabulary
But after the initial
Disappointment
Father parrot does not
Look back
At the bird of his flesh
Flying at his side
.
The baby parrot
Widens his vocabulary
And has discussions
With his mirrored reflection
He talks to the mirror
And blames it
For what he himself has done
Telling the father
The mirror is to blame
.
The father loves the mirror
He loves looking
At his reflection inside
But he knows
That it is a helpless
Sheet of slanted glass
It has no power in this world
.
The baby
Lacking his father’s attention
Father Narcissus
Smashes the mirror
And gains the opposite
Reflected backwards in a broken mirror
Of what he desired
Parrot and Little Bird, spread your wings and fly higher
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