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Starlings

March 5th 1890, I left my office with much concern, until my receptionist interrupted my obsession. She gladly informed me of my pending appointment with an over-dramatic owner and her terminally ill poodle. My last encounter with this interesting character involved her pleading to cure her dear poodle that was infected by a rare disease of the skin. Two weeks later she confessed drenching her helpless poodle in blue paint in order to see me again. I did not want to deal with a woman of that nature. With much disbelief, I zoomed out of the office without much thought but, instructed my receptionist to make a note that I would vacationing in Sweden for a week and would not inspect another animal until my return to New York City. I walked swiftly down the cobblestone street towards my home where I stole a flash of the night. The stars shimmered like a newly discovered pearl in the depths of the dark oceanic waters. The image of the night agitated my anticipation --- for tomorrow seemed a decade away.
Tomorrow had come, March 6th 1890. I sat in my library skimming through several Shakespearean tales out of boredom. I threw my un-bridge copy of The Taming of the Shrew to the ground that almost descended into the fireplace. The old grandfather clock clanked instead of chimed, my packages were upon arrival. Outside my porch laid six boxes containing ten birds each. There were at least a hundred tiny holes embedded throughout the surface of the boxes. I caught the closest carriage passing by and held firmly onto my precious starlings as the carriage brought into mystifying Central Park in search of the precise location. I lined up the boxes one behind the other in the grass. When I approached each box the chatters disappeared. They were aware of my presence, they were aware of my apprehension. The starlings shot up like uncontrollable rockets into the bare sky. I gazed up at the sky not to find Pearls but Onyxes blending into the sinister sky for nearly twenty minutes as they fluttered around freely until they dissolved into night, I too was finally at peace.