our shangri la

we climbed a barbed wire farm fence 
falling into brambles that scratched us up
suddenly we were in a meadow
with tiny wild strawberries, daisies, violets, iris and queen anne’s lace
we’ll take it, we told the realtor
a Shangri-la which we still love
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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