Abraham's children

High in the tree of life

in Squirrel Hill

song birds nested, rested

in Sabbath celebration,

Abraham's children gathered round

the shoots of the olive tree

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Stilled, silenced by anger

one by one by one they fell.

Crow hesitated

atop his own barren tree

blaming other song birds

for their loud, fake songs

deaf to his own discordant notes

stridently disturbing the city streets.

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