Refuge

Woodstock Chimes

above the belly

of a palm, where coconuts lounge

beneath a fan of fronds,

that hum

at a bulging

breast of papaya bursting

green and discover this lush valley

behind the tilapia stream.

Then note

the red cardinal’s tweet

as it excretes a tomato seed

on an orange bromeliad leaf

beside a greedy centipede.

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