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    Bird-brain

    Bird-brain

    Birds are of inquiring minds,
    watch their tilted heads
    listening for answerers
    to questions carried
    in the wind.

    They flit about chasing
    after stolen dreams
    to explore the mysteries
    of life.

    Perched together
    they philosophize,
    eagerly comparing notes
    as they twitter out
    their thoughts.

    What observers take
    for simplicity is their
    prejudiced eye,
    watching small flighty bodies,
    their ears not equipped to
    decipher the expedient tweets,
    so they believe it senseless chatter.

    But those fine-feathered
    creatures exchange secrets
    of our world and perhaps
    seek to understand worlds
    far beyond.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    I've spent a lot of time with birds and this much I know to be true... they are not birdbrains! And even though they don't always perch together (for the most part raptors are loners once they've fledged) they still understand one another. You had me with the title... lol. Nice...

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    Hehe thank you, yes, the irony behind the title is if someone calls you a bird-brain don't take it as an insult.

    Instead thank them, and leave them completely confused

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    LOL... I've been doing that for years! Ever talk to an African Grey or try to fool an owl? I totally get it!
    Last edited by ~Sophia~; 12-09-2009 at 09:18 PM.

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    Wise men can "understand" and "converse" with birds of whom it is said they have the knowledge "of the beginnings", remember all, are inquisitive about everything in the creation and have so many answers for us humans...
    The title is great! thanks for your birds' manifesto, or, should I say - Credo!

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    hehe thank you

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    hey nice one...

    I appreciate your power of observation. Not everybdy can see what you could..it reminded me of my childhood....when i used to spend hours watching sparrows in the backyard. It was quite nostalgic to me.!

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    Great fun for a poem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Muse View Post
    They flit about chasing
    after stolen dreams
    to explore the mysteries
    of life.
    Ah, this is nice!

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