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Prelude.

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Published: Feb 4, 2013

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Literature Text

_{I am not a sparrow
(although I'd like to be)

I am not small enough to fit in palms
tired and torn
from climbing the walls guarding hope;

I do not carry spring on the tips of my tailfeathers,
flowers blooming in my wake
and the smiles of a cold world
resting on my song;

I cannot be caught, caged, wings clipped and
kept, behind cold, cast-iron bars
of sense and simplicity,
my words meant to be given upon command
and loved only for repetition and wretchedness;

I was not meant to sing of the clear blue skies,
I was meant to rule the grey.

I am an albatross.}