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Every moment of blossoming
is a moment of extreme violence
Coccyx snapping under the pressure of birth
Parasites burrowing blindly into skin
Viruses exploding like strings of firecrackers
Yet
I understand Hafez’s brilliant faith
as I watch light break through clouds
over a browning sea
Sardines gathering in a flickering mass
Briny pilgrims wrapped within a coat of surf
Plucked one by one by a winged savior from above
Eugenia Hepworth Petty
Yet
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