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Submitted to Contest #239
The day the birds started falling was the day I quit my job. I heard a thump hit my window and watched as the bird slid down, as birds do. I felt sad for the bird but so was the way of the world and the way of glass windows. I pushed the bird from my mind and resumed filling out the day's crossword but then another thump, again and again and again. Birds hit the ground, the windows, the trees. I looked in horror as they poured and poured from the sky. The house sparrow's gray crown fell with him. The cooing of the mourning dove rose i...
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