oil taken or dried up

spine not straight 
had to wait
for fertiliser from miser
was it that expansionism 
took lubricating oil
from loamy soil ?

arms to be palms
legs walking eggs
buckled, I shovel

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April 26
Prompt : " In the month of harvest.. I still feel half grown.."
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April 12, 2026 at 8:34 PM
seemed weird, deep writing dear Ghairo
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