Prologue
I am the black flamingo.
The black flamingo is me
trying to find myself.
This book is a fairy tale
in which I am the prince
and the princess. I am
the king and the queen.
I am my own wicked
witch and fairy godmother.
This book is a fairy tale
in which I’m cursed
and blessed by others.
But, finally, I am the fairy
finding my own magic.
When female
flamingos lay eggs in
the zoo, the eggs are taken
from them and put into incubators.
The zookeepers give dummy eggs
to flamingo couples to nest with, while
the zookeepers watch their behavior
to figure out who will make the best
flamingo parents. When the incubated
eggs are almost ready to hatch they
decide which couple will be given
normal eggs and which will be
left with those that never
contained precious life.
I often feel
