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Tell me Blackbird

Tell me blackbird.Why do you sing?          
I have asked you many times before,yet          
am no wiser,you do not answer,          
don't think you know. Perhaps          
to accuse you such is unfair.Maybe          
I should climb your tree, take          
a ladder to the tiles see the view          
from which you sang today and          
yesterday the day before  tomorrow          
and every other day that would be,          
would be without you,yet less.Yes          
I'll take the ladder,sit upon the tiles          
and sing,Will you stand and listen ?          
What shall I sing ? A simple song ?        
unwritten extemporized as yours?          
Or do I take the violin,practice, as          
you have done these thousand years          
until the notes fly pure above the trees          
lost to all but memory. perhaps know    
why you sang today,yesterday ,        
the day before and shall tomorrow.?
Written by Kexby (john rickell)
Published | Edited 9th Aug 2017
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