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# Silence
- URL: https://www.andyposner.org/silence/
- Published: 2025-09-19T15:20:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-18T20:57:54.000Z
- Description: Last night I caught a dole of doves robbing me of sleep with their yapping. They accused me of such terrible things—an oppressor of birds...
- Author: Andy
- Tags: Be The Change, poetry, #Migrated-1784090317409, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-15 04:39

Last night I caught a dole of doves  
robbing me of sleep with their yapping

They accused me of such terrible  
things—an oppressor of birds,

a heart full of hate, a destroyer  
of nests—that I grew angry and sad.

As I subdued them in my net,  
I wondered if a bird has the right

to remain silent, if I can force it  
to confess its crimes against me

and my kind. But I am a freedom-loving  
man: I dictated what little I know of

the Constitution and soon the doves  
fell quiet and still, like children awed

by 4th of July fireworks, explosions  
reflecting their innocent faces.  
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