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At a distance,
a mockingbird sings delight for the summer-like day.
In the overgrown lime tree just outside my window
a sparrow nags—
a staccato, monotone note.
Which is more pleasing
to its creator?
Day 11–National Poetry Month
To Thine Own Self Be True
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 
I’d wager they are both equally entrancing to their creator in their own special way…otherwise, why create them.
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Thanks for this gift today, Victoria. Beautiful write. I had a bad week, I am feeling a bit better. It is hard for me to stay in the present, and stay focused.
Pamela ox
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any that choose to sing
i would say—as long as it is their own song
smiles.
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we are all different, every species here on earth. but in each of us there is beauty.
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I wish there were birdsong here, even a nagging sparrow (in decline in Europe).
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