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Thoughts Disperse Like Dandelion Seeds

Thoughts disperse like dandelion seeds, all that has been, out-grows present and future, becomes enormous in a mouse hole. Moths are pinned to carnival garments, only their quicksilver eyes glitter . Those wall clocks the nails that have hung all those hammer-struck faces, even my face, they are younger than the hands that set them there, younger than the sleepless pad of my bare feet. What great teaching unpacks this emptiness? Perhaps the dandelion seeds or the act of their dispersal are the revelation, or maybe the rustle of mothwings --- a whisper of some yet other enormity lost now in the minds shabby pockets.

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Date: 2/16/2020 12:23:00 PM
- The seeds always set new roots ... a lovely thoughtful poem, Eric :) - // Anne-Lise :)
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Eric Ashford
Date: 2/16/2020 12:56:00 PM
Thanks very much for the review Anne-Lise. Glad you liked it. I fear it's one of those poems where the reader has to find their own meaning to it:-)

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