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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/1067455-after-I-heard-my-grandfather-passed
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #1912256
a descent into poetry insanity
#1067455 added April 2, 2024 at 10:32pm
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after I heard my grandfather passed
I lay in the grass,
my chin in my hands
and explored the shape
of a maple leaf, red
and fallen—the stem
gently curved and sharp
where it broke off the tree,
the veins spreading like
water or tree branches,
into points like a fan
wider and longer than my hand,
the skin waxy smooth
against my fingertips,
against my cheek—and
I wondered about
beauty and death—
beautiful death,
under the falling leaves.

April 2—Focus on a leaf or a flower

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