Captive.
Captive\'s clipped feathers
lie in wild distress
around bird\'s internment.
Indifferent steel bands
cage flying action
for one Nightingale catch.
Compulsion to sing
shows nature\'s inbuilt
urging to mate on the wing.
Incessant thrashing
in wire walled attack
does not ease his passion.
Trilling for freedom
avian pleadings
make me steal the key.
Fly now my beautiful
your chance quickly use,
snatch the right to a future.
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