Dandelion fluff rains down
swept this way and that
on the warm breeze.
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It is always a sin to reach too high.
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He stood
still and stoic
the only movement a steady tap-tap-tap
of the cane’s white marshmallow ball
making constant contact
with the sidewalk curb.
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The first time you died
I wanted to fill your grave
with artifacts from our union
too precious to live
above ground.
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You’ll say
I’m anthropomorphizing
reading too much into things
projecting
making something out of nothing
making it about me.
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