the bird who couldn't sing
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Last published Thu, Aug 10, 2023
only the moon has heard and the walls echoed back
what the feathers concealed, torn up beneath
the notes out of tune and the beak freightened shut
stepping a few inches back fore these wings don't take flight
opening one feather lead to another
preening off the insatiable dust; a cloak of shame, pride and ashes
to unbashfully declare the rights of the lung
and sing
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