Seven Stanzas Nineteen Lines

Seven Stanzas
Nineteen Lines

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question
period

I burn a question
followed by a period;
do not answer it

kwe
paoerd

eu pwurpb a kwe
tpold pweu a paoerd;
tko tphot aepb t-

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my
daughter's
house

indeed I treasure
my daughter's house ... and only
because she lives here

pheu
tkaurdz
hous

tkphaoed eu tr-rb
pheu tkaurdz hous ... skp- oepbl
pwaus she hreufs haoer

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even ...

words picked well arrive
anemic; they may suggest ...

colors but cannot ---
cannot create a rainbow

aoefrpb ...

wordz peubgd wel sraoeuf
stpheplg; the phaeu sugt ...

khrors pwu k-pb ---
k-pb kraet a raeupbpwoe

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a
petal
lies

pinks, whites catch my eye;
a petal lies loose aground
in post-noon's shadow

a
pelgts
hraoeus

peufrpbgs, whaoeuts kafp pheu aoeu;
a pelgts hraoeus laos aeutkpwroupbd
tph poefpt-tphaopbz shalgts

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two
pigeons

lovebirds profile pair
by pair in early Phoenix
sun; two pigeons screw

two
peupblgepbs

hrufpweurdz proetpaoeul paeur
pweu paeur tph erl tpaoefrpbg
supb; two peupblgepbs skraou

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Phoenix

bougainvillea blooms
wave pink at passing breezes;
an indoor fan hums

tpaoefrpbgs

pwaogspweulkwra pwhraopls
waf peufrpbg at pafg pwraoez-s;
a tkphaor tpapb hupls

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