everyone needs beauty as well as bread.
John Muir.
stench of spoiled fruit
formaldehyde bubble gum
drunkard sleeps on train
   
    pink and white petals
paint the puddle beneath
blooming magnolia
  bus pulls away
riders reach for headphones, books,
slowly disappear
 
    a sliver of sun
breaks through the shifting clouds
and lands in my hand
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