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I saw a meadowlark today, sitting atop the razor wire on the north fence. It’s been many months since meadowlarks were here last. Many months. I’ve missed seeing their bright yellow bellies and hearing their shrill cries that seem to say, “Happy bird.”

Three notes: hap-PEE-bird.

Hearing those notes makes me happy, too. Indeed, it makes me joyful, because recognizing and celebrating the meadowlark’s seeming happiness makes me realize that joy can be found everywhere, even here, inside the razor wire that he’s sitting on.

By John Sanger, CLF Member Incarcerated in Oklahoma