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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
brianbilston@mastodon.online ("Brian Bilston") wrote:

Here’s a poem for Earth Day. It’s called ‘Birdsong’.

Birdsong There is a bird who sings to me, each morning from the old lime tree. I wonder what he’s trying to say? Stop fucking up. It’s not too late. It’s such a happy, joyous sound! Little bird who chirps so loud And brightens up my day with song. Stop standing there. You’ve not got long. I wish I could translate your words, my faithful, a cappella bird, who sits upon the lime tree bough. And still you wait. You must act now. All’s quiet in the tree today. I think perhaps he’s moved away. There’s silence these days everywhere, the ghost of birdsong in the air.