Shrieks of alarm
Shrill and piercing
(Who's been murdered on the sly?)
Knives on plates and
chalk on blackboards
Cleave the air - (wanna know why?)
Shrieks alarming
Piercing shrill
Echoing up to Dooley's Hill -
Wails of anguish
(Havery cavery?)
No. Just cleaning the cockatiel aviary.
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Reviews of "Shrieks"
Reviewed by the phantom pheonix (Reader)
Reviewed on February 17, 2003
hee hee LOL it held so much suspense i wasa simply bowled over by the ending LOL wonderful job onthis
Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on February 17, 2003
Sally, I can well imagine the fluster and bluster that took place with these birds. Funny to me but maybe not to you. Bill
A naïve councilman and a down-on-her-luck single mom try to save their county’s last stand of forest from greedy developers and a dysfunctional government.
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