Tagged: secrets

meeting a melon

meeting a melon
for the first time is
a tricky
affair – no amount
of knocking,
feeling the weight
in the palm of your
hand, looking for
skin discoloration or
telling scars will
help you unlock
its sweet secrets
.
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tucked here and there on

tucked here and there on
our shelves, a collection of
differences, trading

secrets in the dark, learning
to live with one another
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: collection

there will always be

there will always be
new old recipes masking
as old new, handed-

down-through-the-generations
delights, i won’t tell if you won’t
.
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when we were water,

when we were water,
we didn’t have tongues to hold
back the words, trading

secrets effortlessly, with
abundance approaching drowning
.
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we are learning to

some days, surprises

we have a charter

there are things you know

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here is the truth –

here is the truth –
hidden layers rub
against known
layers the whole
time, yielding
a budding intrigue
.
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the earth’s mantle still holds

the earth’s mantle still holds
tricks
up his layered sleeves
like an Everlasting
Gobstopper,
a trembling poet,
a heart
in training –
all learning
and relearning
to lock an ocean away
.
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