"Better a fallen rocket than never a burst of light."
~ Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Original: I Spoke to Her (2012)

I Spoke to Her
 
I spoke to her with the sound of
Bashful grass-blades
Sidling from the earth
And lifting their chloroplasts
To the light.
She replied with the tone
Of hoarfrost,
That leaves traces of its silver breath
On every blade
That hears.

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