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founding
Mar 24, 2023ยทedited Mar 24, 2023Liked by Rachel Kann

3/24/23 12:29 AM

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belief, a frame, an apparition;

animated intuition.

a speaking of all and no tongues.

be judicial but don't hold it back.

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find the good. the gospel here?

loneliness, an illusion bared.

in leaning back, allowance made.

let love of all of this pervade.

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laughter, thus, my only possible response.

a shy turn of my head.

always knew you; never could describe.

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a life of many corners

undiscovered, re-recovered.

collect and analyze.

let adjustments come with honesty.

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i am me; we are stored in base four.

jump, combine, stir, rattle, launch.

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find me here, then know what choice within!

sieze the space-between with unclenched mists.

we're here, but who are these arrived?

"change again," collapse the tides.

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numbered mana, count and multiply,

daily done, black or any one.

symbolic and/or digital,

still yours, still liquid.

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yes, it's death, but just a moment now.

interstitial intervals or minor cavities.

wake up again; i am presence now.

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a blinking moon, a monthly song.

she rests her face on Nyx.

at dawn, rebirth, craters intact.

the dark requests the light.

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the sum of all successes and failures.

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3/24/23 1:14 AM

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Wow, Mike, the words are flowing! Thank you for continuing to share your poetry. Very cool! Keep it coming.

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founding
Mar 24, 2023ยทedited Mar 24, 2023

Thank YOU, Rachel, for another engaging and adventurous prompt!!

One small thing: The way I wrote this originally, it's broken up into stanzas/sections. I couldn't figure out a way to add empty lines. (Cue "How many programmers does it take?" jokes ๐Ÿคฃ)

For now I'll try adding some punctuation to break it up.

EDIT: That worked pretty well!

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