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After the Flood

After the flood
We tallied the living,
Scurried under the Earth,
And invented new prayers.

There was a hungry need 
For sentiments under the sediment.
We pushed like rainbows against the dirt.
Our new songs would take 
10, 20, 30 years to bloom
Upward and outward.

Copyright © Matt Caliri

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