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A poem a day each April, for Katya the Poet's Dew Drop Inn
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#1029927 added April 2, 2022 at 12:48pm
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Sleep
At dawn
gale winds recede
but I'm long past the gone
astride a fight. High tide, mid-wave.
Withdrawn.

Midday
back at some shore
skies regurgitate grey.
I build palaces in puddles
and pray.

The night
makes promises
of mother-sails in flight
warmed under loving moons. Lying.
Contrite.


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