Thank God I am not a bird

"Thank God I am not a bird" is a short essay by Karl Jones.

Thank God I am not a bird

Man has three great dreams, great wishes.

One of them is the wish to fly — to take wing like a bird and soar through the heavens.

But I tell you, I just looked out my back door at 7:15 am — the air is sharp with cold, my breath is foggy in the early light — and when I see four birds sitting on an overhead wire, I think:

Thank God I am not a bird.

Then I go inside and drink more hot coffee.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

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