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Ostrich Lullaby
Claudia Skipper
In the middle of the night
I woke up with the greatest fright
I was a bird without wings
and I was falling through the trees
like a boy without a home
I felt misplaced and all alone
I went and ran out to my porch
I found no one had remorse
I went right on back inside
fell to the floor as if I died
you took me by my hand
I woke up with my head out of the sand
Claudia Skipper has published 2 more terrible poems since joining on 30/11/99. Read more of Claudia's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Claudia's latest works: