Yeah, where? But I think the 'sadly' is unnecessary there Patrick.
On 2011-05-25, at 1:20 AM, Patrick McManus wrote:
> BIRD CALL
>
> the pleasure
> year after year
> of hearing our
> blackbird's song
> trills arpeggios
> chords scales
> crescendos
> was dazzling
> but this year
> where did he
> learn sadly
> as a finale
> an ear piercing
> mobile phone
> ringtone?
>
>
> pmcmanus
> q843
>
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