Ornithologist

I’m the guy who sweeps the floors while
watching tree houses grow their own birds
while parrots wash themselves in my sink
looking up & waving with whispering smiles
signaling to me that they will someday land
on my head the way cats have perched
upon the heads of certain strangers walking
through the streets of New York City as if
auditioning for the role of Anubis. And so:
what role am I auditioning for? Tout le ciel.