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Perdita

from Blue Yonder by Edward Givens

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it's where worms swim out to die
a stark grey asphalt desert
shiny with water now
reflecting a dreary sky

above are the denizens of the rafters
eyes fixed on danger
or their next meal
scruffy and tobacco brown
tatty white feathers on their chests

they fly fleet
chatter and tweet
so cheerful so sweet
but i know them well
come spring
they tear at one another's nests
and murder the babies

were i a little bird
i wouldn't stay here
not a single night
i would fly away from this savage place
to somewhere warm and bright

like perdita

poor little dinosaur
i found her in the grass
little-boy-me took her home
fed her bugs
i was her mommy
there was never any question
that i would let her fly away
it's what little birds are supposed to do
come fall

and so the long long year of childhood passed -
winter
spring
summer
a lifetime when you're small

she came back!
she landed on my head
shoulder
and plate
and told me of her travels as she ate

i never saw her again

i suppose nothing happens when you die
you're just dead
but if there were a happy hunting ground
i hope she is there waiting for me
i have a lot to tell her
my only baby

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from Blue Yonder, released September 25, 2021

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Edward Givens Oregon

Calm minimalist introspection, scintillating rhythmic grooves and future primitive invocations. Imaginative, mystical and life affirming music for your daily soundtrack.
Styles: Neo-classical, Ambient, Neo-medieval,
Exotica, New Age, Fourth World.
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