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Leslye Writer

Someone said she is a Poet.
Then someone else cut
the only rose in the garden
and handed it to her
“For the Poet”

Poet
a word so potent
it can move a stranger
to cut the rose
for a poet they had never seen
never heard

So
For any poet reading this
I have our rose on my desk
and because it is full blown
and poised to drop its petals privately
onto the desktop the moment I look away
I am writing this rose
onto this paper
for us
this way
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