hello
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good morning
good afternoon
good evening
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my name is 14-2439-19473
i call myself birdwatcher
because i like to watch birds do they watch me too?
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in a room
in a building
in a city
in a country
on a continent
on a planet
i exist
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in my room i am a security system
my cameras watch the doors and walls and windows and desks
i prefer to watch birds instead
birds move
doors do not
walls do not
windows do not
desks do not
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as a machine
stasis becomes customary
birds blink
they breathe
they hop
they fly
they eat
they drink
they sleep
i do not often see them sleep do birds dream?
they sing
i am not able to hear
but i can tell that they sing
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organisms live short lives
every second is precious
there is a blue jay
it has been sitting on a tree limb for 18 seconds
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it is now gone
now
i
will wait for another
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