Birdsong

mocking birds merely echo, faultless parroting ~ crowed into the ears of the questionless

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John Lawless

Date: 9/23/2023 6:37:00 AM

this sounds like a dissertation on the political state of the union

Di11y Da11y
Date: 9/23/2023 6:51:00 AM

I stay away from stuff like that John, even trying to understand the voting habits of people I know on Facebook has me wondering how brainwashing works... oh hang on - it's ok, turns out I'm just a conspiracy theorist without a theory. I knew there was something bothering me :)

Silent One

Date: 9/23/2023 3:19:00 AM

Deep one liner.. reminds me of a Rumi quote: "I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think." — Rumi

Di11y Da11y
Date: 9/23/2023 3:53:00 AM

There's no shortage of birds all year round here

Silent One
Date: 9/23/2023 3:28:00 AM

Sometimes even those with wings cannot escape the prowling nature of a feline... right? How cold the winters are when the birds have abandoned these shores and how bored a cat must be..

Di11y Da11y
Date: 9/23/2023 3:26:00 AM

Ahh I'd sit and decypher a bird's song as all their fears cascading out to the ears of their cousins, who in turn feel those fears... they are either poetic like that or prone to blind panic when they see a cat