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February 25, 2024
By PoetCoyote PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
PoetCoyote PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”<br /> ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X<br /> <br /> "Serenity now!" <br /> ― Frank Costanza, Seinfeld <br /> <br /> "My coach said I ran like a girl. I told him if he ran a little faster he could, too." <br /> ― Mia Hamm


Pollen flutters— 

departing from its intricate flower home. 

It pirouettes with the fluffy clouds patterning the sky,  

harmonizes alongside the symphony of vibrant birds, 

plays among tissue-paper butterflies. 

It paints the grass a brilliant green, 

perfumes the air like an Easter bouquet, but 

then it gets to work. It weaves 

and entwines it’s way through long-forgotten wheel spokes,  

dusts over paint that was once fresh and putrid, 

wedges and shrivels itself in every crack of a motor, 

transforming a marbly purr to a choking wheeze. 

It conceals traces of what was once a much-loved stable, 

hiding the gentle convoluted twist of the thatched roof. 

Every year, pollen brings change, allowing memories 

of past potential to fade like light at dusk. 



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