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Sparrow

I'm an ounce
Of flit and bounce,
An inch
Of hop and flinch.
I chirp and chatter,
Perch and scatter,
Alert, still:
The world can kill
And think it doesn't matter.
Posted 04/21/13
from Resin from the Rain (Seattle: Rose Alley Press, 2002)
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