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Building on Sand

The foundation shifts
plaster will not hold
you come to me
a bird's nest in your hands
I am sweeping
sweeping
sweeping
shale and dust
I have been practicing
14 years to get it right
you open your palms
see you say
this will make a fine house
at the bottom of the nest
is a round blue egg
I believe it
I believe it
is the color 
of your eyes