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The little yellow bird

January 15, 2012
By Lillie GOLD, Omaha, Nebraska
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Lillie GOLD, Omaha, Nebraska
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&quot;My gelding was sold to me as a gentlemen. He is. Whenever we go over a fence, he insists on ladies first.&quot;<br /> -Unknown

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The little yellow bird sings tentatively,
society had clipped her wings,
fear cages her,
ignorance shushes her.
All the little yellow bird can do,
is sing quietly yo herself.
A little yellow bird,
with clipped wings,
and a small cage,
cannot fly overhead, singing her song proudly.
A little yellow bird,
with clipped wings,
and a small cage,
cannot be heard by anyone.
A little woman with a yellow barrette,
pushed down,
afraid,
and ignored,
cannot change anything.

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