The outsized parrot
peeps out shrewdly
from the pet shop,
evaluating clients

Blue-red, large
as a large hawk,
she is South American,
used to hustle and bustle

But, as said, being
outsized, she's hardly 
at home in her
miniature cage

one can only conjecture:
but her cage-mates,
all smaller, may be ganging
up, hassling her

her demeanour does
reveal favoured  buyers;
she makes no secret
of her preferences

faced with the ones
she dislikes, she throws
a tantrum, flies into 
a rage, the cage trembles

but she is demure,
with downcast eyes,
flapping her wings gently,
when favoured eys watch

it's no secret either, the
client qualities she pitches
for: outsized, like her,
perhaps a proxy for wealth