Archaeopteryx lithographica

Running in circles I noticed five birds in the tree. One was a cardinal , one was an eagle, one was a raven, one was an owl, and one was a sparrow. The cardinal I only say in the day, he would come out when I made deals with God fearing people. The eagle would hover over me in the sky, he would only come out when I made deals that were powerful and could get other people hurt. The raven only came out when I made clever deals by watching others around me. The owl I only saw at night when I had to figure out how to survive the wild ride. I came face to face with a bat who is a mammal he was there, but I could hardly see him, he would come out to warn me that most vultures come out at night so beware. Each bird taught me about temptation and why every religion seems to warn us about the same enemy. After falling from a tree, I realized that I had no wings to fly and my only answer was to watch the birds. I worked just as hard as the next man trying to learn how to fly when I came to the conclusion that I had to jump out of high places with so many types of wings. My adventure lead me down a road with few pennies left. While on the roof, I noticed a sparrow making a nest at my building, they sang to me every morning as I tried and tried. In the middle of this life long lesson, I realized that if I were to learn how to fly, I would have to share the skies with the birds. Making progress, a spy told me that I had competition, he told me that I could make a million bucks if I were to put humans in the sky. Realizing that angels in biblical stories have wings I found myself trapped between two worlds. If his eye really is on the sparrow, he has to be watching me too.  Standing on top of a mountain asked to make a deal with the world bank for the entire world I thought of a bible verse: For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what use is it to gain all the wealth and power of this world, with everything it could offer you, at the cost of your own life?

Feeling the pressure, I then jumped only to realize that no one was going to save me when I hit the ground I died on earth only to realize that I had wings in heaven. The entire time that I’d been on earth, I never knew where I was before I was born. I guess that explains why I was so enthusiastic about flying. I guess the God who invented the Archaeopteryx lithographica had other plans for the bird. I wonder what will happen if he changes his mind about humans. This I ponder while God sits in a room putting clay on feathers. On earth I was called a dumb bird loving freak for not taking the deal, but on the other side my soul floated into the heavens and I helped reshape a better world for the next human species in God’s plan.

The End.