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Monday, December 28, 2009

Little Bird...Part 2...Singing Lessons

By Shannon Mintz
October 15, 2009

Little bird,
learning to chirp.
Little bird voice -
does it squeak or wail?

Is it for the finding out -
of attention or sustenance?
Or of bringing food to the beak...
or a song to the dawn?

When will bird learn how to sing
a symphony of song?
But--why? when? where? who?--
Are these questions that matter?

Is it for the quiet of an empty forest
or for a choir of blended voices?

Is it for the crowd of rushing pedestrians,
for the audience watching theatre thespians,
or for the contentment of bird's own-self-choices?

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