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Gratefulness
Wherever we go, the chance for joy, whole orchards of amazement—
one more reason to always travel with our pockets full of exclamation marks,
so we might scatter them for others like apple seeds.
Some will dry out, some will blow away, but some will take root
and grow exuberant groves filled with long thin fruits
that resemble one hand clapping— so much enthusiasm as they flutter back and forth
that although nothing’s heard and though nothing’s really changed,
people everywhere for years to come will swear that the world
is ripe with applause, will fill their own pockets with new seeds to scatter.
Posted by kind permission of the poet. From Naked for Tea (Able Muse Press, 2018). All rights reserved.
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