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STRAY BIRDS

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By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

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Silence will carry your voice like the nest that holds the sleeping birds.

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The Great walks with the Small without fear.
The Middling keeps aloof.

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The night opens the flowers in secret and allows the day to get thanks.

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