Rest in Peace, KC Bird

Orange cheeked, top-knotted
loving companion and friend
for eight too-brief years.
How you entertained with
newspaper munching and noggin bumping,
sing-song serenades and door-top warbles,
perch-prancing and cage-lapping,
soaring flights and clipped-wing gliding
(followed by floor-waddle return),
your regular souvenirs of
dandruff droppings and shoulder deposits
and nightly fussy 7 pm ruckus
demanding “Bedtime is here!”
Your absence stabs our hearts
as fond memories lighten them,
the finest of all feathered friends,
here but briefly, but forevermore
in our hearts.