Typewriter Series #2786 by Tyler Knott...



Typewriter Series #2786 by Tyler Knott Gregson⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Mornings will be silent, evenings too,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

and there is no avoiding this.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Where birdsong was,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

noiselessness,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

and this is what will be.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Three billion birds in under⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

a century, up and off and vanished,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

and none by the power⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

of their own wingbeats.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Gone, and with them goes⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

the songs. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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“This is a loss of nature,”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

a scientist says with what I imagine⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

are tears in his eyes,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

and stares straight ahead,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

through that strange quiet place⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

that comes with disbelief. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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I want no part of a birdless world,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

I cannot fathom the depth⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

of that emptiness, that silence.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Soon, there will be nothing left here,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

but us.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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-Tyler Knott Gregson- ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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