The biography of a sparrow
The biography of a sparrow, is a first of it's kind bio-poem, a long write, a story, a narrative poetry starting from 3 to 150 lines accumulating to about more than 70,000 words (approx)
The Biography of a Sparrow
long weekend, and a promise to self
an extravagant care for my mind & body to help,
an equal nourishment for my soul was my goal
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early hours in a tub of warm water, foamed
scrubbing leisurely, enjoying the fragrance and warmth
barely scraped in through the exhaust, a bird bold
shaken, ruffled feathers, heart pounding, throat parched
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on the edge of the tub she perched, a sparrow so meek
staring blankly, her eye lid closing intermittently
a big black ant, she held in her beak
dropped few drops of water on her head, to take away the heat
she opened her eyes feeling gratified, wanting more posing thankfully
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repeating the act, i touched slightly, a consoling human touch
placing the ant between her legs, she opened her mouth
refreshed , she poked at the ant, the ant did not respond, but slouch
“are you a writer?” I turned around to find who was in doubt
resounding again like an echo “are you a writer?” baffled I said “ya, yesss”
“it’s me the sparrow” she drew my attention “I want you to write about us”
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“who are you? and how could you speak like us? I ask surprisingly
“who am I is not important, what i am going to say is” she responded curtly
I was caught, in my own crap talk, I promised to stick to a relevant talk.
climbing on my palm, she devoured rest of the water,
why are you carrying the ant? I inquired of curiosity ,
“he is no ordinary ant, he is the crown prince” she said vehemently
“I wanted to save him, he deserve at least a burial reverently
...Continuing next week same day
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2 个月That's a lovely poem and story, look forward to the continuation... ??
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2 个月You should have shared the entire story today so as not to lose momentum.