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An odd bird

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Hervé Deleu
An odd bird

Timid and grotesque
a bird without a nest
spotted in the little forest of Ostend

feathers color its skeleton
swaying with the sea
in the salty air

its gaze conceals
truth and illusion

death and life
an eternal refrain.

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