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remembering my best self

I have flowers all over the yard
not planted, but rather in pots
for this is Kansas
Clay country

Sometimes I Iong for the fields of Iowa
where even the bottom lands has pliable dirt
this clay encourages renegade trees
I have tripped over them and fallen down
three times this week

You would think I would have caught myself
at least once
being 72 is a lot more prone to falling
than being 71 was

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger

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