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Ovenbird 1

There is a song my wife knows well:
the ovenbird's.
It swells and swells
as if it will not end,

and she believes it's how our love shall be:
pure silence when it starts
and echoes when it ends.

It sings of hearts.

BirdsSuzi PeelFebruary 7, 2015
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