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Time Of Death

A short poem

By Sean A.Published 4 months ago 1 min read
Time Of Death
Photo by Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra on Unsplash

See the dead bird

Dull and broken on the sidewalk

Place it in the sun

Watch the shadow

of its clenched claw, pronouncing

The time of death

Is every second

Of every day

-

Even in decay

The bird keeps perfect time

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A/N

Inspired by Rachel Deeming’s article about the art of Darrell Warner:

nature poetryFree Verse

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Sean A.

A happy guy that tends to write a little cynically. Just my way of dealing with the world outside my joyous little bubble.

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    Written by Sean A.