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A new rough music

Everyone stays home
Catching fishes on TV
Standing solemnly in doorways
Silent, or loudly praising
With voices raised and that tinpot enfilade 
Once saved to condemn


Ringing out  



The birds, in their confusion
After brief reprise
Sing new bolder songs
In the unfamiliar quiet

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Published February 8, 2021By C S Hughes
Categorized as Poems Tagged bird song, quiet, rough music

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