Toy Peacock in Teak Birdcage by Pimone Triplett - Poems | Academy of American Poets
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Corseted whittles of infinite birdcage / at Bangkok’s open market, and all
Corseted whittles of infinite birdcage at Bangkok’s open market, and all I wanted was the toy peacock. A thousand teal eyes blinked wide its splayed open aluminum tail. I stuck a hand in for the turnkey bespeaking a gear-notched belly of bird shocks. The knob’s guttural scritch pressed backwards, echoing the real bird’s raspy alarm cry. The mechanical knows its place. I look up how a muster of peafowl once bred in teakwood forests under feathery boughs until the trees thinned. Anyone can see the clear cuts from space, or consider the old order’s twin need for logging: more…
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