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Canary in a coal mine Never learned to speak Never learned to fly Gilded plumage tarnished by the soot of your surroundings Don’t breathe they said, less dust settle in the trachea Cadenza cut by choking Treble tinged with poisoned honey Don’t fly, they pleaded, lest you plummet into the abyss Don’t play rough, lest the coals deface each fractal Crystalline Commodity Taxidermy tucked away under plexiglass Away from light Away from green Wings clipped for buyer’s viewing So you learned to croak A battle cry Learned to crawl You drank the moonlight with saucer eyes Learned to dream Dust to ashes ashes to dust Mottled feathers bloom into red and gold Phoenix rising Canary in a coal mine learned to be infinity
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Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020 at 1:30 AM UTC
Canary in a Coal Mine
Canary in a coal mine Never learned to speak Never learned to fly Gilded plumage tarnished by the soot of your surroundings Don’t breathe they said, less dust settle in the trachea Cadenza cut by choking Treble tinged with poisoned honey Don’t fly, they pleaded, lest you plummet into the abyss Don’t play rough, lest the coals deface each fractal Crystalline Commodity Taxidermy tucked away under plexiglass Away from light Away from green Wings clipped for buyer’s viewing So you learned to croak A battle cry Learned to crawl You drank the moonlight with saucer eyes Learned to dream Dust to ashes ashes to dust Mottled feathers bloom into red and gold Phoenix rising Canary in a coal mine learned to be infinity
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Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020 at 1:30 AM UTC
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