Tagged: fig
in the end, we will
in the end, we will
have spent more time staring up
through the raised arms of
our fig tree than down at those whose
humanity is being erased
.
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across state lines, you
across state lines, you
and i are raising fig trees,
mine a bit of a
copycat, merely playing
house, waiting to get closer
.
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someone decided
someone decided
that fig trees should
provide two
crops each year,
marking
the beginning
and the beginning
of the end of
summer, lest anyone
returns home too
early or too late, no
one has to miss out
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: crops
six julys later,
six julys later,
under the same fig tree in
our backyard, you spend
an eternity, munching
on the tastiest clovers
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: tastiest
thursday morning, just
thursday morning, just
before picking time, you spotted
the newest fig-thief,
hanging off the lowest branch –
we waited calmly for our turn
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: picking
sandwiched between last
sandwiched between last
night and our twelve-year-old fig
tree, so much wonder
.
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