5. MY GIRL

"Poor thing, you woke up

in a tree that was burning.

Climbed high dear, didn't you?

because you can,

because you always do.

That's the thing about scale:

way up there,

you see the world turning.

because you can, and you do

Clear as yellow leaves twirling down to

the ground in the Fall.

Are't you queer?

always gazing

always praising

always tripping over every

thing in plain sight.

Nothing wrong with the nest,

Sweet Worry-Warbler,

or aren't you grateful

for the roof over your head

beneath my window?

Find another view

because you can

because you do

because you need to get to grips

with the deal.

Papers signed:

great important powerful people

shook on it.

See: It's a controlled burn;

it's a shame that spot you like

has got to go

where the pinecones grow like

mistletoe,

But anywho, Miss:

It's time to find somewhere

else to play."

"MIGHTN'T YOU HAVE CALLED

ME DOWN FROM THERE,

SIR,

BEFORE YOU BEGAN

BURNING?"

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/ n o t a r e

Speaker 1 - Sam Cimber, Special Forces Cmdr. in The Seraph

Speaker 2 - Arella Ora, the 'Girl With Light In Her Eyes'; Or, Arella Ora, Protagonist in

The Seraph - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41572645-the-seraph

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