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If You Could

August 18, 2015
By octoberopal PLATINUM, San Jose, California
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would you fly
would you fly
if you could
said the bird
would you drift
over seas
if you could
said the bird
would you swoop
over cliffs
if you could
said the bird
for the wings
on your back
look unused
said the bird

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