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Parable of House and Broom

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 3, 2017

by Katy Lederer

The gap between wanting and having is

Great.

What does the house care when brooms

Shake?

The minaret

When the sky breaks

Over it?

Nothing.

The tall trees are whispering to the wind

That they are comely.

The wind brings its tidy joy

And in its wake,

Removes.

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