Nor have they ever sung.
Singing involves melody,
harmony and beauty
not screeching. Birds
do not possess the ability
to sing. This is a complete
misconception. You can
definitely classify their
mechanism as sound but
not song. If the sound a
bird produces ever resembles
anything similar to singing
then you should visit your
local psychiatric hospital.
Tell them: the birds are
singing and you find it:
excruciatingly beautiful.
Like a helpless little
bird flopping around
in a circle from a broken
wing, they will kindly
take you in and nurse
you back to health so
that one day you can
fly again and sing.

Michael J. Alfaro is publisher and editor of Silenced Press. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.