Then the device of the bird grew,
Into a hugeness of some degree.
The weapon was immense and like a flying one,
The wings of a cherished bird grew.
This demand from the open air
Was a fountain to bring to the community.
I licked from it holiness and godliness
To make main spirits stay away,
So that gods dispersed and left me in collision
With the bird of action and prayer.
Naveed Akram
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