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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/881217-music-box-interlude
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#881217 added May 3, 2016 at 12:05am
Restrictions: None
music box interlude
Memphis means seeds wafting
over the landscape
in clouds of tree fluff—

as though we dwell in
a shaken globe,
the shape within the glass
covered in a perpetual drift
while a music box whistles
of flowers that bloom in May.

I see it, try to catch
a white fuzz shape between
my outstretched fingers,
but I am too slow.

the wind of my passing
stirs and it circles aloft again
to find some bit
of fertile ground—some
place where the tiny
bit of genetic material
can turn into something
grand. fantastic.

who would imagine
a tree could be contained
on a breath of wind.

line count: 24

Prompt for: May 2, 2016

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