The Bluestocking 2023-24

Anonymous Grade 12 starling: inspired by The Scare in The Crow by Tammy Armstrong

a starling shall be taught to speak alone in the dead of night using stolen voices, scavenged from corners of the world

a starling sings a broken song, with no tune or rhythm, a collection of sounds none belonging to it

a starling cries into the night, shrieking in a foreign voice atop an old spruce, creaking in the wind, never knowing its true sound

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