This coal mine
fills with hatred and lies
while the bird sings in its iron cage
a sacrifice on the altar
of our superiority
A sentinel species who
whistles while you work
pet the pretty
acting as a tool
of our survival
Sensitive to shame
our mortal lives
secure in his silence
his beauty
unrealized in his role
This was a multi-steemian collaboration. The image was created by John Shaw, inspiring the poetry of two steemians- me and 
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