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Unlined silver satin cloud sprinkle

            Stained dirty linen wrung out

                        Hand-me-down drizzle grown out of

                                    Drip-dry fabric wrinkles steam ironed

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                                    Varicose veined old leafs overturned

                        Serrate edges rusty switchblade hitters

            Bent twisted tongues stirring honey

Yawning crotchety slingshot stoning outcasts

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Hemmed in by evergreen canopy

            Looking up virgin forest’s skirt

                        Hollow trunk bark stripped clean

                                    Bare limbs spreading viscous rumors

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                                    Appointed hour dusky ghosts assemble

                        Passing through fine mesh colander

            Rarified sieve dripping sorrowful teardrops

Aroused spirits whirlpool vortex aswirl

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Secret graffiti trusts rapaciously exposed

            Stunted growth whippersnappers springing backlash

                        Lean-to saplings wary of trespassers

                                    Lumberjacks milling around chainsaw massacre

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                                    Treetop avian trills never repetitious

                        Stuffing survival down ruby throats

            Instinct cannily emboldens flighty nestlings

Chirping weepy outcry timber felled

PoeArtry by: Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote

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