Dirt:
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Dirt:
crushed ambition of mountains, loam with a résumé.
It grows lunch, keeps secrets, takes them too—
a reliable archivist with worms for interns.
We call scandals “dirt” and gardens “soil,”
as if vocabulary could launder origins.
Dig under every story, a little grit insists.
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There is nothing wrong with dirt... it makes good soil
ReplyDelete"loam with a résumé"! Love this satiric Q,
ReplyDeleteYour opening line is a wowzer, Chris, as is the rest of Q.
ReplyDeleteA truly dirty quadrille, Chris, what would we do without it? I love the phrase ‘loam with a résumé’. Those worms keep cropping up!
ReplyDeleteDefinitivitality beautiful work, Chris. Thanx
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