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Paper plane 5: We/and...lullaby plane [Geraldine Burke]

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posted on 2021-02-14, 13:17 authored by Geraldine BurkeGeraldine Burke
<b>Paper plane 5: We/and...lullaby plane</b> <div>[Geraldine Burke, 2020]<div><div><p><b>­­­We/and-----lullaby plane </b></p> <p><i>I’m sending this gift</i></p> <p><i>It’s folded</i></p> <p><i>with care</i></p> <p><i>A paper plane,</i></p> <p><i>that carries a lullaby.</i></p> <p><i> </i></p> <p><i>It up-beats</i></p> <p><i>a slow song</i></p> <p><i>and breathes</i></p> <p><i>a rhythmic tempo</i></p> <p><i> </i></p> <p><i>It captures </i></p> <p><i>a stretch</i></p> <p><i>that</i></p> <p><i>de-stresses</i></p> <p><i>the neck</i></p> <p><i> </i></p> <p><i>And</i></p> <p><i>W­­­ith it comes</i></p> <p><i>an insistence,</i></p> <p><i>that ̶ </i></p> <p><i>we are</i></p> <p><b><i>we/and ̶ </i></b></p> <p><i>as we hold a space</i></p> <p><i>for tough times </i></p> <p><i>through art.</i></p> <p><i> </i></p><br></div></div></div>

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