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Magpie Tongues

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Trillium breath, an ounce         of feathered growth unravels         in the cloves of the silent forest.         The rain is heavy with the stamp         of perfumed trees realizing         slight restraint on bursting seed.         Cloaked in fragrance, tufts         of mossy step kiss the opening earth,         a basement horizon presumes         the darling test of flower         across dale & rustling nook,         then undresses moist greenery         with sumptuous eye.         The last is hardest -         cat crimson, a fire weed sunset lotion,         the rain erased away;         nobody special harangues the leaves         but birds steal in quietly with         tenderness clothed of verdure         to pinch a leafy oasis about         their forest haunt.

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