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think of you

entry picture

for whom threadbare scraps

are treasures under your table 

deserts, ever undulated dunes 

 

in picture-book perfect gales

 

stripping away like sandpaper 

perhaps the sting of salt rain

shall sterilize this wanting within
 

 

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