The Names Of Our Friends - The Sparrow
Fire and no one’s there to watch it burn
I keep waving my arms, trying to say
Look, it’s beautiful!
But all that comes out is, Has anyone seen my keys?
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(Like a dog) brought out to pasture;
(like a dog) led by the throat:
What good is a name
On the surface
Of the sun?
//
Forgive our killers;
They only wanted
A new place
To plant their flag;
They only have so long
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Clouds made of smoke, rivers of lead:
There’s a difference between
Nourished and fed
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The sparrow builds a nest
Unawarе that even the magnеts in her brain
Will soon be fossil;
When it’s time to head south
She’ll return to her flock
Of bones and think
What a beautiful sunset
To share with all the lonely dead
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