Regent Parrot

I am a Regent Parrot

Squawking in the boiling evening sun

Trees fall as I dash past them

Humans invade my country

My family, my friends

I hear them screeching and squealing for help

Trying to aid, trying to warn

It's useless

They scatter from their crushed habitat

I listen to their blood-curdling squarks

Taking my place in a fallen hollow tree

I shivel into a ball

Watching a nightmare.