is made of salt and noise and dew. Every poem is Eden and every poet

blooms. Latch that gate: keep out the drought, the ruin post-solstice,

is Adam and isn’t that the silver gate unlatched by a hermit soldier
is Adam and isn’t that the silver gate unlatched by a hermit soldier
wielding a sword of flame? Open the windows: magnolias and their rotting
wielding a sword of flame? Open the windows: magnolias and their rotting
blooms. Latch that gate: keep out the drought, the ruin post-solstice,
blooms. Latch that gate: keep out the drought, the ruin post-solstice,
our season’s late blaze. I am counting, counting, and this is what I learn —Jennifer Chang
our season’s late blaze. I am counting, counting, and this is what I learn
—Jennifer Chang

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