| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- blackbird singing in the dead of night Still feel alone. Still feel like one giant �why�. It�s not that I was necessarily thinking of leaving this place � but rather, I just might step off of everything for a while. Wanted to walk out of here (work) yesterday. Wanted to go home and crawl into bed and sleep for days. As it is I barely slept four hours last night. On the way home from the Club at 3 a.m., GB and I approached an intersection near the park by our house. A tiny black bird was sitting in the middle of street. GB slowed the car and gave a light tap to the horn in an attempt to shoo it away. The bird didn�t move from its place but only turned its head slightly to look up at the car. Half a block further down the street I asked What if it can�t move? What if it�s hurt? Do you want me to turn back around GB asked. Yes, I said. He flipped the car towards the direction we�d just come from and drove into the intersection. When the car had slowed to a halt I opened the door and got out. See if you can pick it up and carry it to the curb said GB. But as I walked towards the small black-feathered creature - dark, shiny eyes glaring at me � it lifted itself into the air with an annoyed chirp and flew away. I don�t know if it was the bird or the extra large coffee or the thoughts of everything that kept me awake long after GB had slipped into deeper breathing. But as I lay there in bed last night I listened to all the sounds of my universe: his soft breathing. The distant rumble of trains crossing through town 30 blocks away. The occasional car engine revving through a red light. The freezing of dew on the grass. The fitful squirming of our cats as they chased tiny blackbirds in their sleep 11:45 am - 01.23.02
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