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Dignity of Salt

If I take a big leap,
I can land in the sound –
buzzing with salt, singing with seaweed.
I have no fear of depth, of dark blue,
of an endless stretch of placid sea. I was born a body
Of water;
ready to rejoin the others.

Dignity of Salt

If I take a big leap,
I can land in the sound –
buzzing with salt, singing with seaweed.
I have no fear of depth, of dark blue,
of an endless stretch of placid sea. I was born a body
Of water;
ready to rejoin the others.

Brigitte Long  25, Seattle

 
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