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by Kitty Boots


a brittle bundle of thoughts
colliding with satellite dreams
spins, crashes

branches, stark, crowded with crows
scratch at the sky, tremble

a whisper of wind, scented with woodsmoke
teases the nostrils

sparrows peck and back-hop, rustle curled leaves

slapped by frost, morning glories hang limp

inside I light a candle, sit before the hearth
stare at fire, fragrant with cedar

I bite into a mountain apple, sweet, firm
it assuages the bitterness
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