For Peg

There is no need
No foreign duty
A jamboree of placement
Leashed in court center
Fled for tines
Repeatedly reminded
In bowl and cloth
Of all the world's stages
Fire, iron, combustion, transistance
Formidable and patient
A rainbow in trout
Coconuts, guavas, lychees
Then, an explosive antibody
Making millipedes of men
Marching orderly but out of tune
Loud enough over buses
This is not that
Refinanced for coastal real estate
Unleashed with lessons on strength
Softened with honey and stews
Brought to identify with cabbage
Walking the boundaries in ant's-view
All the time without bruising
Poised for slow, steady rain
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8.12.13