"The Parakeet Has Nightmares"

Uzi, the parakeet in question.

Thank you, Entropy and Janice Lee, for sharing this poem from my new manuscript! It's the perfect home for it!

The Birds: The Parakeet Has Nightmares

and slams herself against the bars of her covered cage-shrieking and flinging her wings till the box rocks. A cartoony blur, it sounds like there's another animal in there with her.