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Starlicide

a coat of stars 
on a shiny night you 
wear
and thrive in #'s (almost)
everywhere
Mozart taught you to sing
everything
recite poetry
and greet those
who stumbled in
you are precious
to me
yet so hated
they patent your name
for poison
and rage 
Starlicide
now
half of what you were
your murmurations
still
smoke the sky
just not here 
this year
my dear
my darling 
Starling

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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Date: 8/8/2024 5:55:00 PM
Thank you, Alice :)
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Date: 8/8/2024 3:47:00 PM
I hope they have returned, just as the swallows do in Capistrano. Love your flowing rhymes Steven! :)
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