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Creative destruction
July 14, 2009
An explosion is nature:
A crimson bud blooming,
Erupting, petals unfurling,
Shaking the earth to its core
With a low, seismic roar.
In its wake, the streamlined beauty of
A clean slate, as when fires sweep
Through forests, leaving an ashen ground
From which tiny buds rise,
Blossom like dynamite.
© Jeanette M., Phoenix, AZ
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