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Why?


Why do the birds sing

yet crows caw?

Why do streams gurgle,

but rivers roar?

Why do cities hum,

but that one car honks?

Why do we speak,

Our God-given gift to talk,

to laugh

to cry

to communicate...

yet some people shout?

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