A sparrow lay dead on the backseat. She had found her way through a ho…

Arundhati Roy
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A sparrow lay dead on the backseat. She had found her way through a hole in the windscreen, tempted by some seat-sponge for her nest. She never found her way out. No one noticed her panicked car-window appeals. She died on the backseat, with her legs in the air. Like a joke. ✨ Arundhati Roy (2002). The God of Small Things, p.296, Penguin Books India
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