how high winds rest

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how high winds rest
between buildings, hiding
for when do wolves become clouds
in the changing harvest, the canvas dries

her berries benevolent and sweet
crushed bittersweet staining aprons,
still we muster dignity
as saturn once more encircles it's self

bolstering the heavy handed lessons
so we can-- with out going on coronary arrest
saunter among the thistle & clover
live the lives of plovers, safely nesting

words/photo~kate lamberg (c) '15..'kathodes'

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