A bird flutters to a bird bath,
sips,
falls in and drowns.
A pair of wrinkled old hands
delicately pick apart
the sinew, joints, wing and bone.
A pair of puckered lips,
press flesh to tongue
swallow. Gentle.
And Miss Plath the nurse says 'Don't put that in your mouth dear, it's already dead, come inside and get a towel.'
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