The Bird Room At The Rom

It was startling to walk into a room full of birds hanging perfectly still and mid-flight. It was as if time had stopped for every thing except me. The bird exhibit at the ROM ended up being my second favorite (second only to the ultimate dinosaurs & original dinosaur exhibits) because long after I’d left I still couldn’t shake the eerie beauty of that room. All around and above me were frozen phantoms of creatures that once breathed and watched and moved. The only breathing now was the mechanical grumble of the museum’s air conditioner. Surrounded by ghosts.