Lyrical: Chemo Bird: The Great Silver Crane

The Great Silver Crane

Among the largest of common North American birds, is the Great Silver Crane, which has prolifereated as patients have grown more obese and Hospitals have sought to avoid both dropped patients and care-team back injuries.

Like the Barn Swallow, the Great Silver Crane nests exclusively on celings among the beams.

Like the Baby Delivery Stork on steroids and growth hormone, the Crane lifts humans in a giant knot of gathered bed linens, except that in the case of the Crane, the human is way bigger.

Capable of lifting a stated maximum of 200Kg (440 lbs) and apparently quite vigorously-attached, these powerful birds are nonetheless motionless for much of their lives.

At right are shown a nesting pair of cranes with their tails harnessed to their keeper's yoke.

Nests are built from a combination of anodized aluminum, steel hangars, and amortized elbow grease.


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