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June 2019

birdsong

The birds sing at night in Englewood. 

I ponder this as I lie on my air mattress in an upstairs room in front of a window cracked open this June night. All is dark, as dark as it can be in an inner city neighborhood. The only other noises besides the birds and the never-ending traffic are the unwelcome sirens that race by. 

Why do the birds sing at night here?

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