And if so, what do they dream about?<\/p>\r\n
Do they dream about flying?\u00a0 That wouldn’t be so special — they do that all the time.<\/p>\r\n
Do they build nests in their dreams, then take them apart and rebuild them, over and over, because they just can’t find the right twigs?<\/p>\r\n
Do they dream they are flying around desperately looking for somewhere to poop?<\/p>\r\n
Do they dream they are falling and they can’t move their wings?<\/p>\r\n
Do cardinals have nightmares about swooping hawks?<\/p>\r\n
Do owls have daydreams about fat chipmunks?<\/p>\r\n
Do mockingbirds invent new songs in their sleep?<\/p>\r\n
Do crows dream about pecking Alfred Hitchcock to death?<\/p>\r\n
Do penguins dream about vacationing in Key West?<\/p>\r\n
Do birds have dreams about losing their feathers and hopping around naked in public?<\/p>\r\n
Do they ever dream about their beaks falling off?<\/p>\r\n
Do they dream they have forgotten where they laid their eggs?<\/p>\r\n
Do they dream about having sex outside of mating season?<\/p>\r\n
Or, do they perchance dream of Shakespeare?<\/p>\r\n
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\r\nThe sheep are gone to fold, birds<\/span> to their nest, <\/em>
\r\nAnd coal-black clouds that shadow heaven’s light <\/em>
\r\nDo summon us to part and bid good night.<\/em>
\r\n— from “Venus and Adonis”<\/p>\r\n