blue face

look at the blue face
do we ever get that close
and the feathers for a crown
as peacocks have
too
this is an impressive bird
no wonder Franklin wanted it
rather than eagles
for a nation’s emblem

c l couch

Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #244

this was my response to Grace’s response to the prompt she received from Melissa’s blog (whew); Grace suggested I send it along to Melissa’s blog via posting it here (whew)

Grace’s work, https://graceofthesun.com/gobble-gobble/?sn=c&c=76158#comment-76158

thanks, Grace! thanks, Melissa!—Christopher

Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash

(the photo here is not the prompt; please use the link above, that is, from Melissa’s blog; read Grace’s response as well because it’s enthused and endearing)