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Learn to Sing in the Dark

by dianarasmussen

Songbirds are taught to sing in the dark… I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, When he beats his bars and would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core, … Read more

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