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Poetry | May 2005

sacred ground

By Larry Bauer

                       lifecycle
                       olivialearn

                       fishidie

                       petsad

                       what
                       was
                       now
                       isn’t

                       struggle-i
                       avoid
                       sadheart
                       for
                       biggirl

                       cuddle
                       love
                       burial

                       comfort
                       sadheat

                       fishiheaven
                       now
                       sent

                       bodyreturn
                       to
                       earthmother
                       ready
                       to
                       welcome
                       spring
                       as
                       beautiful
                       flowermake

                       tears
                       water

sacred ground–2

                       this
                       now
                       sacred
                       ground

                       kindle
                       transformationmake
                       of
                       fishi
                       to
                       flower

                       wrestle
                       with
                       lifecycle

                       i
                       learn
                       and
                       teach
                       sometimes
                       parenthard
                       lessons

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