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STAY SILENT
Stay silent
Brazen crow in the dying oak
Partners with sparrows
Which dart and squawk beneath hungrily
He has visited these limbs
For nearly fifty years now
As we count them
Knowingly he glides away
On the next gleaming updraft
Bearing him skyward
Where his thoughts can form
Empty of any connection
Unattached for hours
Able to see patterns below
Patchworks of cloth
Forming outlines of man
His duties and obligations
Machines rolling along
Carrying the fortunate
While the devil bends the back
Of the poor
Who cannot save
Who dream of fully clothed ecstasies
Diamond studs
And golden boots
Enough money to rest and eat and splurge
Just once enough to purge
The ghosts of hunger and want
Take a shady break
At the Maui Ritz
Home for supper
As soon as smoke rises
From need and hunger
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