the toucan sat on his perch at the zoo

dark round berries in a pan at his feet

he took each one in the tip of his bill

and threw his head back

and most of the berries were lost to the ground

I watched him about half an hour or so

he tilted his head at each berry that fell

picked up some more and lost most of them too

and after Muhammad Ali passed away

I thought of that bird and his pan and his perch

I did not understand until after he died

how brave Ali was

or how much it cost a black man in that time

to stand up and say to the powers that be

I can’t fight for a country that won’t fight for me

he was a face I saw on TV

a toucan that smiled on a cereal box

but time has a way of tilting your head

and making you see things all over again

and I see a man now who was pretty and proud 

^{It's all right, it's all right, it's all right}

^{She moves in mysterious ways-}

^U2   

Almost magic,  but microscopic

that is how I would explain it

Her movements;

small,  subtle 

not unusual,  yet captivating 

Epic: The Musical is an in-progress concept album and loose adaptation of The Odyssey. It is written/composed by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, who began the project in 2019 but first posted about it to the public in 2021.

Production is ongoing, and completed songs are released on story-arc clusters called "Sagas" while incomplete demos (usually sung by Rivera-Herrans himself) are released on Rivera's social media