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"'''Thank God I am not a bird'''" is a short essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | "'''Thank God I am not a bird'''" is a short essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | ||
Man has three great dreams, great wishes. | Man has three great dreams, great wishes. | ||
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Then I go inside and drink more hot coffee. | Then I go inside and drink more hot coffee. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:What a piece of work are birds (King bird of paradise).jpg|link=What a piece of work are birds|[[What a piece of work are birds|What a piece of work are birds!]] How noble in saturation, how infinite in hue! In spectral absorption and reflection how express and admirable ... the beauty of the air ... the paragon of visual stimuli!''' | File:What a piece of work are birds (King bird of paradise).jpg|link=What a piece of work are birds|'''[[What a piece of work are birds|What a piece of work are birds!]] How noble in saturation, how infinite in hue! In spectral absorption and reflection how express and admirable ... the beauty of the air ... the paragon of visual stimuli!''' | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:45, 5 February 2023
"Thank God I am not a bird" is a short essay by Karl Jones.
Man has three great dreams, great wishes.
One of them is the wish to fly — to take wing like a bird and soar through the heavens.
But I tell you, I just looked out my back door at 7:15 am — the air is sharp with cold, my breath is foggy in the early light — and when I see four birds sitting on an overhead wire, I think:
Thank God I am not a bird.
Then I go inside and drink more hot coffee.
In the News
What a piece of work are birds! How noble in saturation, how infinite in hue! In spectral absorption and reflection how express and admirable ... the beauty of the air ... the paragon of visual stimuli!
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Post @ Facebook (1 April 2021)