Overturned Soil

Let's workshop this poem about how perception of imperfections as blemishes to be concealed eclipses the fresh opportunities they open up

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Overturned Soil

Ill-timed notes sung 
flat, twitches of the brush
beyond borders 
preordained—in them

he saw only stains to be
winced from mind 
instead of milkable 
breaks, muses nudging

the stream toward 
unguessed glory 
that could wind up 
crowning them lynchpin stars.

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