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NO WHITE BIRD SINGS by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: CAN WHITE BIRDS SING? AN ORNITHOLOGIST
Last Line: One sings from, colored to its accidents / which are never entirely accidents. Not when one sings
Subject(s): BIRDS;
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