Birds Of Paradise...

Birds of paradise, how they surround us How they zing with colour into the zeniths Tropical flowers, how they delight us Exploits garish or with becalm genteelness. Regal in colour, red, orange and gold Colours to keep out the cold Colours as sassy as ivory satin or silk With petals lips smooth as sun-warmed milk. There are birds of paradise for all tastes Some have a royal quiet-sereneness Others are simply loud Having a slightly overly ostentatiousness; Either way Birds of paradise are typically Very beautiful, I love how they preside To fill our senses with their implausibility With their dignity so rightly solidified.