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i asked him once,

“why have you left us alone
in such a great, big life –
in this world so wide?”

and he said,

“you are not alone.
look at all that I have given
for a friend.”

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“i have given you the cattails for company.”

but the cattails do not talk back.
they only sway and mock.

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“i have given you the stone for support.”

but the stone does not embrace.
there is no chest to rest my head upon.

·

“i have given you the winds to speak with.”

but the winds have no ears with which to hear
all that I want to say.

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“but they do,”
said he,
“they do.
cattails, stone, winds,
and countless creations more,
talk and hold and hear,

for i am in them all.”

∴

 

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