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Black Birds

from Birds by C. James Conrad

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Rain drips off his black beak as he caws a curling shrill
Lingering perched unimpressed outside my window sill

Signs, Omens, sympathies
Intertwined complexities
A lock box of humanity; haven't yet found the key
Make what you will of me

Questions seep into my mind as his dead eyes stare me down
What's behind this messenger with news for king and crown?

Signs, Omens, sympathies
Intertwined complexities
A lock box of humanity; haven't yet found the key
Riddles, questions taunting me
But that bird doesn’t sing 'cause it has an answer
It sings, sings, sings because it has a song

Black feathers ruffle on its back as gloomy thoughts forebode
He smirks and notes my gray hairs as if all has been foretold

Signs, Omens, sympathies
Intertwined complexities
A lock box of humanity; haven't yet found the key
Riddles, questions taunting me
But that bird doesn’t sing 'cause it has an answer
It sings, sings, sings because it has a song

Black birds in the rye
Black birds singing lullabies

No that bird doesn’t sing 'cause it has an answer
It sings, sings, sings because it has a song

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from Birds, released March 19, 2022

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C. James Conrad Thailand

While songwriting
is my passion,
my regular job
is having been a missionary/teacher in Bangkok,Thailand since 1996.

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