Aren't magpies known for picking up shiny things?
Or was it a different bird?
Well, it doesn't matter.
He's a magpie, and I'm the shiny thing, the sliver of a mirror, a coin glittering in the sun.
Well...
The thing is that he is a magpie, yes, but I'm apparently not shiny enough.
Will he pick me?
When?
(Do I have to be shinier?)
Should I polish my flesh until I'm as bright as the sun, until I'm no longer left and it's just shiny, shiny, shiny?
It doesn't even sound that bad.
I don't mind shining brighter than I can if that means he'll see me.
I don't mind that, even if my flesh is dull and dark.
I don't.
