THE CHIRPY TWINS
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Jacinda di Lucalomalinda
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Lucinda di Lucalomalinda
Jacinda and Lucinda di LucaLomaLinda
Travellers, Observers, Rhyme-weaving chroniclers of the skies
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Few know where they came from, or why they speak in verse.
Wherever rare birds flicker and vanish, Lucinda and Jacinda are never far behind, notebooks in hand.
Known collectively as the Chirpy Twins, they move through the world with curiosity and composure, dressed in silk, hair impeccably coiffed.
They do not travel to explain the world. They travel to notice it - to trace what is disappearing and commit it to paper before it is lost.
They follow birds not only for elegance or rarity, but because something in flight mirrors the mystery they pursue.
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âBe nothing,â a whisper once told them,
âAnd you just might find everything.â
In Transit
A lyrical interlude
Extract 1: The Departure
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They packed up their satchels with nonsense and thread,
With poems half-written and books never read,
They followed the call of the invisible birdâ
(Or was it a whisper? A thought? Or a word?)
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âBe nothing,â it said, âand youâll glimpse the divine.â
So off they both flew without drawing a line.
Not seeking to lead, nor longing to shineâ
Just dancing through dust like a mystical sign.
Extract 2: The Desert of Riddles
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They came to a desert where logic had drowned,
Where peacocks wore riddles and owls made the sound
Of clocks running backwards, of hearts turned to clayâ
Yet still, through the chaos, they learned how to stay.
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They scribbled down dreams in a nine-scripted tongue,
Spoke verses to beetles, and danced with the young.
âThe world is a mirror,â said Jacinda with graceâ
âAnd ours is the nose pressed up close to its face.â
Extract 3: The Silence of Not-Knowing
đď¸ Read Their Journal Entries â-
They reached a green silence where nothing was named,
Where birds bore no titles, and no one was blamed.
The wind turned their notes into spirals of lightâ
They read what was written, but not what theyâd write.
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For wisdom, they learned, is a feather too wide:
It brushes you once, then it floats off to hide.
âWeâll never know all,â whispered Lucinda, bemused,
âBut weâll follow the questions, sincerely confused.â