A quick desperate Gumtree-ad

Small,run-down,impossible-to-lock
cage
is looking for a broken-winged bird
willing to sing behind the bars.

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Published on Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "A quick desperate Gumtree-ad"

A former member wrote: every single time i read this, just breaks my heart. every single time. especially when sometimes singing is the only thing that takes my pain away. ^_^ lovely write
On Tuesday, October 28, 2008, estherbell (53) wrote:

Thank you!Yes,singing and music can heal,or at least comfort us..:)
A former member wrote: oh yes, its all ive got left.
A former member wrote: short but sweet! Hmmmm.... doesn't a cage need a bird more than a bird needs a cage? Perhaps this captures (pun intended) the search inside all of us, a somewhat beguiled trek from the start, where whoever becomes that bird must relinquish something inherent, essential... do we not all take turns being birds, and being cages?
On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, Leith Plunkett (239) wrote:

how powerful so few words can be. beautifully depressing. thankyou :-)
On Tuesday, September 30, 2008, Narcissa (404) wrote:

This broke my heart...
On Tuesday, September 30, 2008, Aleas (171) wrote:

Can I just make a bid for the cage? I've heard the songs they sing too many times before.
On Tuesday, September 30, 2008, estherbell (53) wrote:

well,if not a singing bird,then it will do with an owl or a crow,but a cage needs its bird:).
On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, heroineyes (113) wrote:

or a tiger