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Meta-Chrysalis


To become what you look at,

to say what you know

 

Your eyes to retract,

your wisdom to grow

 

To live by a credo, 

to die only once

 

Your soul to take flight

—your spirit to hunt

 

(Martha Browns Woods: March, 2021)

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Kurt Philip Behm
<p>Thank you.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>KPB</p>
SlimXL
<p>Needed this!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Xoxo</p><p>Slim</p>

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