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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
ReplyDeleteFun wordplay, Chris. The first line hooked me.
ReplyDeleteAwesome poem, Chris! :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat write Chris 👏 "worms for interns" is sharp!
ReplyDeleteit's especially the worse when it gets under your nails after digging and need a brush to get it out... that's when you know you've been digging deep
ReplyDeleteIt maybe expressed with some wit, but I read it seriously – and I'm impressed you got a serious message into so few words.
ReplyDeleteLove worms as interns--lots of digging to be done right now!
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