Birds poetry

When the bird comes
if it comes
keep the deepest silence
wait until the bird enters the cage
and when entered in
Close the door softly with the brush
then remove one by the one all the bars
care not to touch any feather of the bird

Then draw the portrait of the tree
choosing the most beautiful branch
for the bird
paint also the green foliage and the coolness
of the beasts of the grass in the summer's heat
and then, wait that the bird starts singing

If the bird doesn't sing
it's a bad sign
it means that the picture is wrong
but if it sings it's a good sign
it means that you can sign

so you tear with sweetness
a feather from the bird
and write your name in a corner of the painting.

	Birds (Jacques Prévert's poetry)
Freedom quarter I took off my cap and put it in the cage And I left with a bird on my head Aren't you going to salute any more? Demanded the commander No No more salutes Answered the bird Oh, okay Excuse me, I thought your were going to salute Said the commander It's okay, everybody can make mistakes Said the bird	To paint a bird's portrait First of all, paint a cage with an opened little door then paint something attractive something simple something beautiful something of benefit for the bird Put the picture on a tree in a garden in a wood or in a forest hide yourself behind the tree silent immovable... Sometimes the bird arrives quickly but sometimes it takes years Don't be discouraged wait wait for years if necessary the rapidity or the slowness of the arrival doesn't have any relationship with the result of the picture
	When the bird comes if it comes keep the deepest silence wait until the bird enters the cage and when entered in Close the door softly with the brush then remove one by the one all the bars care not to touch any feather of the bird Then draw the portrait of the tree choosing the most beautiful branch for the bird paint also the green foliage and the coolness of the beasts of the grass in the summer's heat and then, wait that the bird starts singing If the bird doesn't sing it's a bad sign it means that the picture is wrong but if it sings it's a good sign it means that you can sign so you tear with sweetness a feather from the bird and write your name in a corner of the painting.