书城外语No Water Cleaner than Tears 没有比泪水更干净的水
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第12章 Birds in the Snowfield

Birds on the snow

Have no home

Nothing to eat

They fly blind

For a while

Then come back down

On the snow

Then flap back

Into flight

To perch on a tree branch

The snow does not stop

Falling

The birds curl

Into little balls

Glancing up

Once in a while

At the grey sky above

How small the world

In their eyes

So small

They've nowhere to hide

The snow still

Does not stop

Falling

The birds can hear nothing

As children with slingshots

Draw silently near