{"id":359,"date":"2025-04-24T02:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T02:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-2\/?page_id=359"},"modified":"2025-04-24T02:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T02:09:21","slug":"dead-bird","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-2\/poetry\/dead-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #003366\">By Charlotte Chilton<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">You hold me-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">You carry me-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">Like a dying bird-\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">I am still in your palms,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">I am dreaming I can fly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">You hold me-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">Firm to stop the shaking,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">Gentle so as not to crush me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">You hold me-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">Like I am the only girl in the world-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">A girl you can\u2019t afford to lose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">You hold me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">Your grip is a gentle plead,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">Your hands are a distant cry,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">Your body scrambles to speak-\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">But your lips are too busy kissing mine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">I ache to hear you-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">But dead birds hear nothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">I ache to feel you-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">But dead birds feel nothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">Why do I ache for you-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #82b2bf\">If a dead bird cannot ache?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Charlotte Chilton You hold me-\u00a0 You carry me-\u00a0 Like a dying bird-\u00a0\u00a0 I am still in your palms,\u00a0\u00a0 I am dreaming I can fly.\u00a0 You hold me-\u00a0 Firm to stop the shaking,\u00a0\u00a0 Gentle so as not to crush me.\u00a0 You hold me-\u00a0 Like I am the only girl in the world-\u00a0 A girl you&hellip; 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