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Sonia
It refers to the ghosts the children are able to hear and see as birds on the trees, singing their song of grief, the spirits of those who died due to a violent act, those (mostly black people) who were killed, or hurt, abused, mistreated and left unburied, without justice.
Judy Cummings
The title refers to ancestral grief - societal grief -- unexpressed in this life -
by those who have died due to injustice perpetuated by racial violence. The song is the song of the soul seeking freedom, justice, empathy. Song binds us to our common humanity. Our common humanity cannot be buried underground because song flies on wings - -eternally home. This is represented by the song.
by those who have died due to injustice perpetuated by racial violence. The song is the song of the soul seeking freedom, justice, empathy. Song binds us to our common humanity. Our common humanity cannot be buried underground because song flies on wings - -eternally home. This is represented by the song.
Bethbe
Maybe too literal, but when the ghosts were in the trees, they needed someone to sing, someone alive, someone unburied, to release them. Kayla was the unburied.
Starasia
The spirits of those who died violently and cannot rest in peace are singing to whomever can hear them, the way JoJo, Leonie, and Kayla can, in search of way home, their final resting place.
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