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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

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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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