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Bird Run Over by a Car

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December 4, 2015
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    Feathers flattened and flaking away,

    Blood turned black as tar,

    Beak cracked,

    Legs broken,

    Wings splayed sideways

    Like two quotation marks

    Around an ironic phrase.

    emanuel@stolaf.edu

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