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the birds from yesterday
the ones living in the skull
                                                beaks up, fuzz all over their spring bodies,
are gone
                they must have learned how to fly
                                                            overnight

how does a thing like that happen
how does one, learn to fly                   and then, simply do

i hope they are happy
i hope the start of their spring lives lasts
                                                                  as long as it is supposed to

maybe they will come back
maybe, but not today

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they are back
one long night, i looked it up
                                i asked my dad
                                he said, barn swallows are all i know, but
and he was right
spring bodies, back in the nest, back to their mother
                                                                                  keeping             them
                                                                                                  warm
how jealous,
in my own spring body
in my own night lasting
days