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Created on: November 18, 2009
To home from work.
I saw a flock of birds against a palette of grey.
Their wings, creating a wall of black, noir,
Coming alive over the city
Like a comfort
Like a plague.
I refused to be blind to what they represented
As others walked along with milky eyes given to them through their own choice.
Birds swirling, dancing, into the cold wind
Till the magic died, making them invisible.
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