please don't pluck my feathers too hard,

I just learned how to fly.

please don't break my beak,

I just learned how to chirp.

don't open the shell before

the seed's embryo

is not off it's yolk.

don't take the brances from

the nest before all eggs hatch.

you think nothing of shooting me,

but does not my

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song have no LIVEly melody?