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TRILLIUM TRINITIES
Mother Earth was exhausted by winter
.. in the middle of the night
.. in March.. the night of Ides
she sent up snowfrosted flags
of white surrender..
.. icicles of defeat..
an hour passed..
The Morning Sun
saw these pennants
sign of her
suff'ring penance
.. and ran His dawn
current through them..
crystals melted in
the flow of light..
they began to drip
into Mother Earth
renursing her with
hope
Now it is spring..
now the white flags
she unfurls
are trinities
of trilliums
..paeans of peace
and white violets..
violins by silent
starlight strummed
*****
to L Idian of Wisconsin
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COPROPHAGOUS CHOWDER
One cannot add enough
antibiotic powder
to make safe
coprophagous clams' chowder.
-saiom shriver-
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