A Poem
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There once was a birdie that one could not see
They say it was put there for you, and for me
A-tweet and a-twitter - that's what we'd all do
And thusly with each others heads we could screw
'Bout rockets, and fraudsters, and beatings and such
An' some days it all was a bit of too much.
"Twas some months deep into birdshit I sank
Some days the prankster, some others the pranked,
Till finally I realized, what I couldn't see
Was quite the cross-section of humanity.
At last strangled I this tart little bird
Fed my cat with its carcass;
Left without a word.
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To be terribly literal for a moment — I saw two cardinals viciously fighting today. I didn’t know they had it in them. I’m a fool lol.
I liked the uneasy of this piece.
Pretty bloodthirsty.
Sometimes you’ve just had enough, that’s true. I couldn’t strangle a bird though - maybe just cover him in cat nip and let nature take its course.