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We waited beneath verdant forest veils for the owl to make its entrance We believed the owl was a sign of wisdom We believed we were wise for waiting The others mocked our folly Saying the owl was a portend of doom They believed they were wise for warning We poised our eyes like stealth missiles awaiting target Attuned our hearing to bat-like frequency They plugged their ears and slammed their eyes shut loudly like angry lovers making statements Then came the beating breeze Then came the rush of feathers Then came the genius of the oracle’s wisdom ‘Hoot-hoot-hoot’ We reveled in it They missed it … how sad! (mish 2016)
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Nov 16, 2018
Nov 16, 2018 at 9:12 PM UTC
THE OWL
We waited beneath verdant forest veils for the owl to make its entrance We believed the owl was a sign of wisdom We believed we were wise for waiting The others mocked our folly Saying the owl was a portend of doom They believed they were wise for warning We poised our eyes like stealth missiles awaiting target Attuned our hearing to bat-like frequency They plugged their ears and slammed their eyes shut loudly like angry lovers making statements Then came the beating breeze Then came the rush of feathers Then came the genius of the oracle’s wisdom ‘Hoot-hoot-hoot’ We reveled in it They missed it … how sad! (mish 2016)
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Mishmosh
F/Thailand
Nov 16, 2018
Nov 16, 2018 at 9:12 PM UTC
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