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For one day my heart

was a rogue balloon

which found refuge in that tree

across the meadow-hill

where squirrels handle acorns

and the wood pigeons built their nest.

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If you enjoyed the above poem, have a glance at my recently published first volume Shining in Brightness, which is available via blurb.co.uk.

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