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A Starving Eagle

Hongli Zhao·February 10, 2025

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A Starving Eagle

written by: Hongli Zhao

We starve in silence,
Hemmed by a ruthless flock of vultures.
Fly—break free, wild spirit!
Let your sermon resound,
For no ear but the wind.

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Hongli (Bob Johnson) Zhao is a computational and applied mathematics Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago conducting research in scientific computing. Bob has a passion in comparative literature and philosophy. Bob enjoys writing and finding inherent connections from observations.

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