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The Wise Ones Up Above Part One

And who are you,
the free bird said,
to have grown so tall,
as to find yourself
here on this cliff,
where your height matters not at all?

I am an explorer
he boldly replied
as all explorers do,
and I have traveled
far and wide,
in search of ones such as you.

And why do thee
queried the crone
in a high pitched cackling call
climb up above
the common man
where you might so easily fall?

Well no one else,
he said to her,
is such a person who,
in all the land
is quite as wise
as the crone and free bird blue.

Of questions and answers,
we do know,
said the free blue-jay,
but why should we
so high and wise
answer you on this good day?

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