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"Field Late in the Fall."

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It was a practice at
this time to hunt crows,

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for instance, which are one
of the most difficult kind

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of birds that annoy
the farmers down there.

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And having got
one, you'll use it

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as a decoy to
frighten others off

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or to attract them so that
they could be more easily shot.

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Crows, of course,
are very, very smart.

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The dry sleeves of the corn
stalks flap and rattle,

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alive with gestures of
wind, as the wire black feet

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of the glistening
crows hold fast.

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Bobbing and swaying
on hollow spines,

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they bow when the stalks are
bowed by wind that whines

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in their black empty beaks.

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Their eyes glitter
with ants and beetles.

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Above them, the
living call and wheel.