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Just taking a stab at my Last Acorn contest theme.

Why me?  Alone.
At edge
Of decimated deciduous
Sanctuary destroyed.
I long for boughs
Now taken
Ringed history
Sacrificed
On the altar
Of a paved future.
I am the hope
Of a backyard rope swing
A Robin's nest
A squirrel's sustenance.
I shall ride
The muddy flow
Of unchecked runoff
Sink deep my roots
And grow.

John G. Lawless
5/4/2020

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 5/5/2020 9:14:00 AM
Stab... direct hit. x
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John Lawless
Date: 5/6/2020 9:56:00 PM
Yeah, I was humming "Paved paradise" as I wrote

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