A Weary Bird Keeper Lost in a World of Sorrows

A weary old bird keeper with unkempt gray hair and a disheveled beard his face etched with sorrow in a dark , shabby room . He wears a tattered dust-covered suit and carries a large wooden and wire-mesh aviary on his back strapped to his shoulders with worn leather belts . Inside small birds flutter restlessly . On his forearm a few delicate songbirds perch . Dim light comes from a window .