Mark Taylor

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Daily story, August 7, 2025

The little bird on my birthday card came to life. It was fluttering around the kitchen like I lived in a forest, and when I opened the window it perched on the sill and then flew back in. I tempted it back onto the card with a handful of seeds, then tucked it away in the drawer. I hear it there, singing to me.