what to lay on the welcome mat at 3 am? /
scars, white space, the planned overthrow? /
or a diminished speed bump /
rubbed by the weight of earth’s daily turn /
if only to give space for what can come /
an implied absence clearing loosestrife and undergrowth /
leaving some thistle and nettle to move the flesh /
that smell of freshly decaying soil is written only /
and opens the field for unnamed creatures
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