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its colours

2021-01-09

The pale-barked gumtree is blossoming. Again
it proposes its colours regardless
of the state
of —

Oh to be roots, trunk, limbs! Diffuse
autopoiesis, decentred
process, no call
for violence

Years and years of flowers held
out in my hands

First published in PPC COVID Drum 4, Perth Poetry Club, April 2020

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