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Deeply Rooted Envy


Flowers coloured aquamarine, violet, and fuchsia Forests dense with trees Filled with exotic plants of all cultures Alluring dark green, the colour of algae, ivy Slightly overgrown Slightly intruding on the butterfly bush’s soil Ever so slightly But you must have more You must have that plant The plant the he owns Brown and green, that’s all it is It doesn’t even compare to the paradise you own But you can’t see this You’d rather dispossess your garden Than live without that plant That one inconsequential plant The plant that allows you to lose respect for you kingdom Open your eyes you blind creature! Your gorgeous eyes, not his
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K. ADIDA
<p>So amazing this is absolutely astonishngly beautiful. It blew me away. This is extremely humbling as a reader, and inspiring.</p>

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