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I turn my feces into food. It is a long process.

Sometimes I walk the ground

in just socks.

So all my socks are made of dirt.

 

I let brambles scratch

warrior plants attack

It won't detach me from my thirst

for community, unity, passion,

compassion swells.

 

The rain is welcome here.

It washes me

dripping

clean I am

blossoms realizing themselves.

 

My oils are pungent.

 

Sometimes my sisters give me a rash.

I kind of like it.

 

Sturdy hands

Green-blue thumbs

spur my growth

 

Bugs like to crawl into my mouth

when I am hungry.

 

The river takes my pain downstream.

It sheds glass

as I shed.

 

And you

gleaming from afar

Your silky grace

sips my spine

licks up my mind

and spins me into

timeless lifeforms

awaiting

          the lightning.

 

 

Sometimes.

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May 18, 2013
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