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My Pet Bird

My pet bird, light brown with scattered speckles, perched on the edge of the cat furniture and observed the autumn leaves, light brown with scattered speckles, floating by. My pet bird, its speckled feathers scattered around the living room, looked at me with opaque glass eyes, their once-intent focus scattered into oblivion, and asked me "Why?"

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