"This One's For the Birds"

On typical work days, I stay late to close DINOSAUR. 

With sore legs, I trudge to my car in the vast Disney parking lot. 

And every night, I am given a sweetly silent goodbye 

from these two Sandhill Cranes. 

They don't even flinch when I walk to their sides, 

close enough to touch their glossy feathers. 

They just watch me, patiently, until I leave,

lingering around to give a smile 

to the next exhausted soul who walks by.