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berry

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berry

                        ericaleebrown

sweet bones of a young face
blushing
smooth
juice on a long, tangled vine
anxious
to burst through strained skin
indigo
soured ink
loud fruit
seedless
hanging to small limbs
like night on the moon's pale stomach
lips touching sugared flesh
hidden in thickets, in thorns, in thundered caverns
of this untamed field
berry
           black
                 blue
                      red
                          violet
berry
raw bride
eluding our clutching palms
comparison of beauty in nature to beauty in humans
© 2005 - 2024 bluemoondaughter
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LazyLinePainterJohn's avatar
This is lovely indeed. I like the one-word lines, as though dropped there, but your phrasing is even better: "like night on the moon's pale stomach / lips touching sugared flesh" -- this is a fine example of why having language is a good thing.

Congratulations on the UA feature. It's richly deserved. This could be mistaken by a piece by the Zebra herself -- for that, massive kudos.