{"id":1968,"date":"2020-10-08T08:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T07:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2020-10-08T15:07:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T14:07:44","slug":"read-feathers-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/read-feathers-bones\/","title":{"rendered":"Read: Feathers & Bones<\/span>Rebecca Faulkner<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feathers & Bones<\/b><\/p>\n

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There are many carcasses,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

hundreds of thousands falling\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

out of the sky in a two-mile\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

stretch inland, just in front\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of my house. Over a dozen\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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flycatchers, swallows and warblers,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

a volume of deaths both common\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and sensitive, inexplicable. Before\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

dying to reach winter grounds<\/span><\/p>\n

three billion have been lost\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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mid-flight, damaged, starving,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

until they just couldn\u2019t fly\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

any more. The curve-billed\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

thrashers, great-tailed grackles\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and white-winged doves know\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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what is happening. Death coming\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

at them from all sides, urging\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

in a winter sky. To see this\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

has given me chills. What little\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

is remaining I can\u2019t say.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rebecca Faulkner <\/b>is London-born children\u2019s rights advocate, climate activist and poet. Her recent work has appeared in Passengers<\/i>, Quarantine Zine<\/i> and Indolent Books’ What Rough Beast<\/i>. She holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from the University of London. Faulkner lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.<\/p>\n

Act Now: Two thirds of North American birds are at growing risk of extinction from global temperature rise. If we make immediate changes, we can improve the chances for hundreds of bird species. Take action locally by reading the Audubon Society’s Climate Action Guide – <\/b>https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/climate-action-guide<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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