Aren't magpies known for picking up shiny things?

Or was it a different bird?

Well, it doesn't matter.

He's a magpie, and I'm the shiny thing, the sliver of a mirror, a coin glittering in the sun.

Well...

The thing is that he is a magpie, yes, but I'm apparently not shiny enough.

Will he pick me?

When?

(Do I have to be shinier?)

Should I polish my flesh until I'm as bright as the sun, until I'm no longer left and it's just shiny, shiny, shiny? 

It doesn't even sound that bad.

I don't mind shining brighter than I can if that means he'll see me.

I don't mind that, even if my flesh is dull and dark.

I don't.