Year
a child actress
a bird in the nest:
frightened, she twirls when pressed
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the anxious leaves
that maps a pond
and serve a grazing cow
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circling for food
entrapped in sex
all gone—how rude
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those who fear the fit
confess the perfect
servant’s bit
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quiet, well-behaved,
takes refuge in puzzles,
becomes a maze
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all are brave
so why do we fear
that voice in the wind we hear?