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Holly Bird

by Jobair Mahmud

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It’s sunset time, all the birds came
Back their nest quietly
A quell’s fiancée not back yet now
He forwarded everywhere seem to
 
But couldn’t find him now ever
There is a little family
So far from the jungle in a village.
An angle girl playing in the ground
 
Nearest the bamboo’s den
The quell still staying on this
Angle girl look at the bird at a glanc...

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Ascent of Man

Infirm Affectations

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violent welts form on raising skin
crackled blisters spew invectives
brown curled grass pretend affection
warning label on confection

shut the door on maddening din
fettered brow pegged down with whispers
burnished brass collect intrusion
warranty voided by contusion

flush out and swab, dress and bandage
splint and cast - immobilise, recuperate
the shuffli...

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