an albatross
is considered
either an
ill or good
omen at sea
which feels
like a cop out

there shouldn’t
be either or in
superstitions
no half measures
no depending on

an albatross
isn’t concerned
with ominous
portents of
any form or fashion
it just wants to
go where ever
the lodge stone
in its head calls

people need meaning
to justify existence
in dead stars or
broken mirrors
whether or not
it makes any sense

or
judge a bird
based on what
a scurvy addled
moron with
the clap thinks
after weeks
without seeing
a sign of land
thinks about
the loneliness
of the ocean