User:Frrurtu/Sandbox
... ("The Bushlark", 1958), a free-verse piece by the Rttirrian poet ... ..., who is credited with helping Rttirrian literature and poetry branch out from its long tradition of cynicism and darkness.
English Rttirri As I strode through the forest, ... I found a bushlark sitting on the ground. ... She cooed to greet me ... and lifted a limp wing to wave. ... "So morose is the cry of the birds of this area," ... I remarked to myself. ... "Nay," she said! "I am happy. ... "My stomach cries for berries, ... "but I can answer it with beetles. ... "My lungs cry for exercise of the wings, ... "but I can answer them with a jog. ... "My heart cries for a man or a friend ... "of my own kind, ... "anything for some pleasant conversation, ... "but I can answer it with you." ...