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A Modern Alphabet

September 29, 2015Music and Poetrybeauty, diaphany, energy, evolution, future, hope, joy, love, Nature, ocean, peace, Poetry, revolution, spirit, spirituality, utopia, victoryGuy Dauncey

Alphabet

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A is for Albatross

A is for Albatross,

far-winging freely across oceans of wonder,

mating for life till they die,

but their chicks have a diet of grim plastic plunder,

filling their bellies with lies.

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