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Sunrise at McDonalds (Free verse) by Dovina
Bushy heads of palm trees
long and slender stems
taller than needed
reaching for something
unknown yet wanted
risky, reaching high
higher than you must
wind can break you
palm trees seem to say:
worth it for the chase
I think I can
do I assign human thought
where mere instinct rules?
do palm trees think
I reach too low?
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she sat before McDonalds window
cell phone in her palm
“Sunrise!” I blurted
“palms in the sunrise!”
she looked and saw it all
and did not see
blinded by wonder
the world in her palm
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Posted: December 4, 2020 2:16 PM PST; Last modified: December 4, 2020 2:16 PM PST
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I like the second view, definitely think it adds something. Though perhaps it would be less on the nose using the word "palm"?
jerks like story
not fiction, but events
no way to write poetry
just hit 'em in the nose