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I am a Bird
I am a bird
 I live in a cage
 I love to sing
 I love to fly
 My cage is big
 My cage has all
 I love my cage
 I love Master
 I am a bird
 Am I growing? 
 I look bigger
 My wings feel bigger
 My feet feel wider
 My beak feels stronger
 My cage feels smaller
 I am a bird
 Master calls
 I sing for Master
 Master is happy
 I am happy
 My cage seems shorter
 Master loves me
 I love Master
 I am a bird
 I love to fly
 Flying is now difficult
 Breathing is now short
 Singing is now limited
 Is there less room?
 Less air?
 Less freedom?
 Something is different
 I am a bird
 Master orders me to sing
 I sing
 No longer happy
 I sing on my own
 Master gets mad
 I sing when ordered
 Master is mad
 My cage gets hot
 I get burned
 My feathers fall off
 I am a bird
 At the bottom of the cage
 Piles of feathers
 It gets higher
 So much higher
 Touching my feet
 Sticking to me
 I cannot fly
 My cage is tiny
 No room to fly
 No energy to sing
 I am a bird
 Master cleans the cage 
 Some feathers remain
 My wings clipped
 My beak shortened
 My cage has nothing
 My cage can barely fit me
 The bars get tighter
 So much tighter
 I can hardly breathe
 My cage hurts me
 Squeezing my body
 Suffocating
 I was a bird 
 I loved to fly
 I loved to sing
 I loved Master
 Master loved me
 I was free
 I am no more

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