Each time my dad
would return from a
business trip
he’d always bring
me a present.
***
Sometimes it was
a pull tab,
***
or a bottle top,
***
or bits of string,
***
or some paper clips.
***
Then one day my mom
told me that he wasn’t
my real dad but a crow.
***
And worse,
***
they were splitting up.
.
t r e f o l o g y 
God bless you, my dear friend.
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Thank you, Padre.
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CAW! That is a traumatic memory.
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Thanks, B. Parenthetically, the title of this post, up until the last second, was “Caw! He said” Then I realized I was giving the end away at the beginning. But I sure did like that title. Anyway, good to hear from you, old sport.
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Oh, George! You had me guffawing like a madman!
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Jack your comment made my morning. Thanks for reading.
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After that you had to wing it, I suppose.
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Exit stage left, as they say. Thanks, Pam
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:D :D :D Did he get the bottle top from a crow bar?
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Hah! Very good, MM. Very good.
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Oh no
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Oh yes! I couldn’t make this up. Thanks, Sadje.
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You’re welcome 😅
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Your Mom asked the raven if he would continue to bring you pull tabs, bottle tops, bits of string, and paper clips.
Quote the raven: “Nevermore!”
(The relationship soured because your Mom mistook the raven for a crow. It actually was a crow, but it identified as a raven. Therefore, we have to respect that and call it a raven. Even though it wasn’t.)
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I still got a card every birthday. They were not birthday cards, per se. Sometimes he just brought a scrap of paper or a candy wrapper. But the point is, he never forgot. Thanks, D.
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What was the caws of the rift?
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Attempted murder.
(Crow gets it. Everyone else look it up)
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Now THAT is funny!
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Modesty forbids. but, yes. Thanks, Across.
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George, that is the 22nd and most interesting of the 21 Weird & Interesting American Crow Facts You Need to Know : https://letslearnslang.com/21-weird-interesting-american-crow-fun-bird-facts/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-b_u7NyGiAMV2jrUAR3mhwmCEAAYASAAEgINgPD_BwE
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Thanks, E Sum
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That’s the 23rd weirdest fact about the American crow that I need to know.
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Haha. So bizarre! Gotta love it. :P
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Thanks, B!
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I hope spreading around your trauma lightens the load for you.
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Geoff, in every life some rain must fall. Henry Longfellow said that. And later, Ella Fitzgerald sang it. Thanks for reading!
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That is the long and the short of it.
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…you’ve left me speechless. That is a rare feat for I usually have some smart alec remark. Well done my friend.
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Thanks, Janny!
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at first laugh out loud funny. but right after, haunting and sad.
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I dig it. Thanks, mk
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:)
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Crows are sneaky
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I’d like them more if they would stay away from my cornfields! Thanks, Cbh
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And my picnic.
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That was actually beautiful: so visual and then stunning❤️
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Thank you, Peaceof8! Much appreciated.
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YOU ARE THE BEST!
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Haha Thanks, 00.
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<3
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Thanks for reading, Catriona!
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:-) Perfect, and yet traumatic…
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Thank you, Dalo, and I apologize for the lateness of my reply.
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Awwww! I was wondering about those gifts. LOL
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Haha Thanks, again, Bella
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And a divorce amongst crows 🐦⬛
can be murder 😎
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Haha Thanks, DR
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