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3.04.2008

BIRDBRAINED 

I wrote about birds. (Side note: I once thought my life's purpose was to figure out how to speak to birds. Sadly (?) this is not what the piece is about.)

The Manhattans, "Blackbird"
Felt, "Dark Red Birds"

# posted by hua : 10:29 PM

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