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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Emotions: 211 of 266

I know how the muzzled bird feels The bird with the iron muzzle Strapped to its beak for no apparent reason A muzzle that seems to be alive, Which gets harder and thicker When the bird thinks of trying to break it And lets down its defenses When the bird is thinking about something else Whenever the bird wants to sing It remembers the muzzle And tries it's hardest to bend the bars So it can open its mouth and sing But of course those bars know That the bird wants to break them, So they strengthen and get thicker And all that comes out are a few little squawks The bird finally figures out t...
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