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The Life Agnostic

If you knew I had you figured out,

you might cease to be.

I see through your encryptions now.

It came so easily.

 

You're as rare as a Garganey,

but speak in Parakeet.

You're flightless like the Dodo bird,

but, like a Nightingale, you sing.

 

I thought I saw your body washing

up and down the beach.

Instead I must have seen your ghost

doing a dance for me.

 

I can't say that I've seen your face.

It remains a mystery.

The next time that you show your face,

I hope that you show me.

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Jul 20, 2010
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