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Language Silken February 24, 2010
try as we may
to name creation’s beauty
gathering words plentiful
adjectives sprinkled about
splendid or simple
consonants marching
vowels singing
syllables shoulder to shoulder
accents falling where they may
all those letters
spelling
perhaps
Christmas Cactus
but wait
glancing at calendar
I am amazed
this is dark
wintery February
even Epiphany has passed
window silently frames
landscape barren
whilst cold cold pane
becomes punctuated, graced
gently exclamation marked
bloom flaunts skirts silken
fuchsia tongue whispers
delightfully
creation is unexpected
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