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Kim Shuck
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Reading Lesson

Butterflies the
Smith's Blue the
Checkerspot have
Clawed at the kitchen door
Stripped to the wood under
Chalky paint the 
Calligraphy of the desperate 
Silverspots and metalmarks cluster on 
Wildflowers and sun on the 
Fences the fences the
Wings flashing code open 
Buckwheat
Coastal buckwheat 


Small Turtle Song

Fossil plastron shard fills the hand in 
Just this way 
Divisions 
Softened edges a 
Useful mathematics there is a
Logic in building a body the 
Cupped feather and
Brace of muscle and counter muscle on some days
Everything will sing to you 

 

 

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