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742 · Oct 2016
When I watch the bird
Jeremy Cothron Oct 2016
Before I knew it the sun had come,
I had been outside before it decided to arise;
I watched the blue bird.

The blue bird was up before everything else
Rose before the sun,
It pecked at the ground as I sipped my tea

It pulled out a worm and went away
I went inside and thought,
“I wish I could be a bird. So free and elegant, a nomad of the sky.”

Before I knew it, I was up before the sun,
I went on my way with my instincts leading me,
I went to a grassy area and stood there.
I watched an odd man take a sip from his cup.
I pecked the ground and punctured the dirt. I found the worm that was buried inside.
The man looked at me with disappointment in his eyes.

I flew away to my branch and thought,
“I wish I was human, so powerful, they never have to worry about food,
Or a place to live. They get to stay in one spot and never have to leave.”
This poem is about perspective, this piece reminds me of Richard Cory in a way.

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