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Take Me To Flowerbed or Lose Me Forever
October 25, 2011
Let me
f
a
l
l
with raindrops to the soil.
I long to dip
my slender tongue
into tulip mouths:
(lusty pollen collecting on my lips
sucking petals, pollinating
in the morning
I’ll pack my suitcase
with potting soil
place garden
snakes
into housecoat pockets.
say I’m leaving you.
I’m taking root.
You’ll find me intertwined
with ivy in flower beds
hair tanged in
the monkey grass.
© Melody B., Tarrytown, NY
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