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I love skunk cabbage, a warm-blooded plant,
which unfurls to push away the winter,
and the pollen-dusty pompoms of the maple trees.
which unfurls to push away the winter,
and the pollen-dusty pompoms of the maple trees.
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| Porter as Anselmo the muleteer in The Man from La Mancha |
and the burn of trembling muscles,
and air drawn to inner-most depth of chest, deafeningly,
for a view of hawks or distant islands.
I love to see my boys becoming men
to hear the teachers say,
so comfortable in his skin,
so comfortable in his skin,
he stands so confidently to speak,
to say his piece,
and the others - they listen.
to say his piece,
and the others - they listen.
I love their unabated curiosity -
and how their strong and agile minds
can prise out more and more
from this world
that so many take for granted.
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