DEAD BIRD

In the mid-day heat of summer,

a bird dropped dead,

was  it  parched, starved, or scorched?

the reason-
mysterious for me, valid for the bird.

Lifeless it lay on the steaming concrete,

puny, gray thing,

 demure and delicate.
relieved to be released.

Soon, the janitor

dumped it in a yard

to decay or be bull dozed,

mechanical, dutiful act. 

Tiny gray bird,

her  soul escaped
unaware.