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metallic herringbone sky spiraling
outward over lush grazing lands
and snow removal signs
and the narrowest
curving bones
over my
inner-
most
heart

beat

with all future endeavors

in gentle palms

swaying

holding in

soaking my mask over my nose

i can't explain to anyone how intense
the green of spring's giving birth
to itself overhead only once a
year the tremble of corporate
tulip shafts and fluttering
petals of crab and cherry

every\u00a0day that rush

of gratefulness

i am humbled

i'm here

to witness a moment that will never
come again seated front-facing on
a bus past sidewalks and corner
stores and hotels and apart-
ment buildings and the
homes of people i'll
never know and
lawns dotted
with dande-
lions and
violets
and
i

can only just bear that swell of
happiness my arms so full of
what had pierced my heart
with an in-rush of know-
ing what i wanted for
the first time in my
life and the yes
that carried
me to

this day

i offer up what love i have and
that love is returned ten-
thousand fold

can you understand?

such small things i hear in
people's voices when they
trouble the world when
all i have to do is
think back on
that laugh on
pancake
batter
on
a
cheap
futon on
a pixelated
farm on rain
darkened
window
glow
and
in

these two palms

i enclose

all wonderful things

in a disjointed life

i wouldn't trade for
all the world.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
May 21, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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