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Kailashana
Kailashana
Jun 24, 2009 ⭐ See this poem's read count — a supporter feature

there's a canary in the mine

there's a canary in the mine
will she fly?
will she die?
will she return
to the hand that released her?

there's a canary in the mine
my heart skips a beat

my center of gravity spins,














— Kailashana, Jun 24, 2009
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Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 1 month ago

Iranian author, Azar Nafisi

Iranian author, Azar Nafisi calls the women of Iran "canaries in the mine". Iran Bleeds Sharing a website from Ben: http://jobobarikan.deviantart.com/art/IRAN-BLEEDS-127020439 "Iran had a democracy before we took it away". Chris Hedges. Follow link under his name.. or http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090622_iran_had_a_democracy_before_we_took_it_away/ "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic." Anais Nin
weirdelf

weirdelf

17 years 1 month ago

get the idea

but a mixed metaphor. The mine canary is never released to have the choice to return. Cheers, Jess
Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 1 month ago

When we decide to *fly*, to

When we decide to *fly*, to take the "road less traveled", did we have a *choice*? Love. ~A "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic." Anais Nin

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