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Caged bird, I hear your song – sad and lamenting.How I wish I could mend your mutilated wingsso you may fly high above the hillsover which your tune disseminates.Free birds hear your fearful trillwhile mindlessly soaring among the clouds,but a free bird cannot truly fathoma desperate cry for freedom. Written for dVerse host Kim’s Poetics:Continue reading “Desperate Cry”