never
leaves

ever
comes

to
temple

Luke 2:36

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how slender her arms swing
from shoulders raised
straight back proud
a child of storms
black with promise

a river taking the street
rolling out royally
before her

I stop the car
to let her pass

a procession of one
to the beat of the sun
a muscle of being
in the sweat of a June day

she lifts me
without her knowing
the weight
in me or I

her name

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a
single

lanky
letter

leads
me

lets
me

learn
not

earn my worth

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