Metal Birds
METAL BIRDS FLY OVER
THE SEEDY PARTS OF TOWN
THEY RUMBLE AND LEAVE
TRAILS OF WHITE SMOKE
FILTER DOWN
TO CHOKE US
WE SIT INSIDE DARKENED ROOMS
AFRAID TO MOVE.
ALL SOUNDS HOLD FEAR
FOUR SHOTS HEARD IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
FOUR TIMES AWAKE IN DREAD
WHERE DO THEY COME FROM
NEXT DOOR, ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY
IN A FEW MINUTES
POLICE ARRIVE
MINUTES TOO LATE
THREE MEN HAVE ALREADY GONE
HELICOPTERS RUMBLE THE REST OF THE NIGHT
I COULD HAVE TOLD THEM
THAT THEIR SEARCH WOULD BE FRUITLESS
BUT IF I LEFT THE UNCERTAIN SECURITY OF MY BED
TO GO OUTSIDE THAY WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME INSTEAD
WHY HAVE THE BIRDS LEFT THIS PART OF TOWN
THEY KNOW A SAFER HAVEN
RACHAEL ORBACH
METAL BIRDS FLY OVER
THE SEEDY PARTS OF TOWN
THEY RUMBLE AND LEAVE
TRAILS OF WHITE SMOKE
FILTER DOWN
TO CHOKE US
WE SIT INSIDE DARKENED ROOMS
AFRAID TO MOVE.
ALL SOUNDS HOLD FEAR
FOUR SHOTS HEARD IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
FOUR TIMES AWAKE IN DREAD
WHERE DO THEY COME FROM
NEXT DOOR, ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY
IN A FEW MINUTES
POLICE ARRIVE
MINUTES TOO LATE
THREE MEN HAVE ALREADY GONE
HELICOPTERS RUMBLE THE REST OF THE NIGHT
I COULD HAVE TOLD THEM
THAT THEIR SEARCH WOULD BE FRUITLESS
BUT IF I LEFT THE UNCERTAIN SECURITY OF MY BED
TO GO OUTSIDE THAY WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME INSTEAD
WHY HAVE THE BIRDS LEFT THIS PART OF TOWN
THEY KNOW A SAFER HAVEN
RACHAEL ORBACH
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