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Nov 03 2009

The Blue

Posted by Mugs @ 2:23 pm in Nature  Print This Post

The blue jay in flight

Trying to compete with the sky

Over who is more beautiful today

The focus has been on the gold, orange, and red

But the blue is having it’s say

Tags: beautiful today, blue jay, flight, focus, gold, jay, orange, sky, today

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