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Pigeons MAG

April 17, 2013
By Katie Hibner BRONZE, Mason, Ohio
Katie Hibner BRONZE, Mason, Ohio
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Even we’re floundering
in the Land of the Free,
so much that language
can’t propel us
out of the

Abyss.

I can’t help but
hurt
for the voices snuffed not by fire,
but frozen over
by the nothing
that hears them.

So watchful for pecks,
I fashion a passenger pigeon,
strap my best work onto it,
send it to scorched earth.
I hope to save the heart
of an art going
extinct –

Oh wait,
all the passenger pigeons

are dead.


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Skyset GOLD said...
on May. 7 2013 at 4:55 pm
Skyset GOLD, Goddard, Kansas
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Favorite Quote:
"Use what talents you possess. The Woods would be very quiet if no birds sang there except those that sang best."
--Henry Van Dyke

This is so beautiful and haunting, keep up the good work!