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opposite the cypress tree-
thin, dark, monkish, stern
thrusting skyward

birch leaves sparkle
carried by a breadth of morning wind
like the shimmer of strips of waves
winking
in a sea of joy

and the moon
transparent, wafer thin
embarrassed
observing the azure
infinity

11/9/98