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When the Magpies Die

They don’t feel it like your brother did. They don’t

burn out in streaks of brilliant fire. They don’t get to.

The magpie dies like a magpie

and writhes with magpie feelings

screams in a magpie voice

and goes to magpie heaven.

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Published: Oct 6, 2010
LinesWords: 642

Notes: Written 2009 during the English program at Augustana College

Published in Augusta College's in-house literary magazine, Saga: Volume 73 Issue A

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