John Burnside
For a bird, especially for the more musically inventive, song is the defining characteristic, the primary way by which it knows itself and is known by others. To lose its species song is to lose not just its identity but some part of its presence in the world.
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember...I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair...I just think we need more accountability...Before Google, and long before Facebook...Astronauts are like these mythic legends...Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world...
