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Poem
A clementine
Of inclement climate
Grows tart.

A crocus
Too stoic to open,
Won’t.

Like an oyster
That cloisters a spoil of pearls,
Untouched—

The heart that’s had
Enough
Stays shut.
© 2009, Jill Alexander Essbaum
Uit: Poetry, 2009
 
 
 
 
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