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through white bleach coral hungry fish still swims in search of higher profits --- bleach

the cat doth insist four dinners would be ideal i say nay, you fiend -- ideal

sinking fire sky birds high in the canopy rant about endings -- rant

tiger stripe stretch marks each a scout badge for living i earn another -- earn

magnolia blooms set upon new growth, azure coming dreams of May -- set

we cannot undo but we can patch cracks with gold — stronger, still -- undo

maintain, love? or change, push it from the cliff edge, to shatter into birds -- maintain

river running quick out-paces the fish within, silt blinding. slow, friend -- pace

drove past old address there, in grey siren jungle two bright hopes sprouted -- address

wild horses flatten ears to the grass. listening to mother’s heartbeat -- listen

crocus violet hands wake, coached to the heavens rain stirs pinprick souls -- coach

wild forget-me-nots hire bees to carry their dreams to far horizons -- hire

shedding my old skin granite rock, chipped. shielding soft, pale underbelly -- rock

“Oh, bother”, says Pooh “there is a british prince, stuck in this honeypot” -- bother

I park my soul here on the vibrant riverbank where I will leave it one fragment, wild, free to swim while the rest collects paychecks --- park

unconfident spring hesitates in its budding yet still, braves the rain sends out tender green, through frost reaching for the sun --- unconfident

scary thing, budding —— for what else is this sudden fragility? this new sensation of warmth on limbs never yet used --- grow