I once saw a rescue bird for sale. A great white parrot that should have evoked a sense of grace.

But instead I laughed.

This bird looked absolutely ridiculous for it had no wings. It was just a head on a round little body. The mind could not properly comprehend it. That creature looked so strange that it did not appear real.

Of course I felt sad for it as well. Especially when I learned from a worker that the appendages were missing because it got trapped. It got stuck in an improperly sized cage and panicked. Struggled so furiously that it shattered it’s own bones beyond repair. Yet it was still shaped like a pear to me no matter how bad I felt.

Do angels laugh at she who was born lame? Her original design included freedom gone. Stripped from her entirely. They know what she should look and move like. How strange it must be for them.

What about him that acts according to a design not his own? It must be just as ridiculous. Like watching a dog walk like a human. Unexpected and unusual. Would an angel laugh?